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[WM. H. TAFT] ON TELEPHONE - Public domain portrait photograph
The invention of the telephone still remains a confusing morass of claims and counterclaims, which were not clarified by the huge mass of lawsuits to resolve the patent claims of commercial competitors. The Bell and Edison patents, however, dominated telephone technology and were upheld by court decisions in the United States. Bell has most often been credited as the inventor of the first practical telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the telephone as an "apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically".

The telephone exchange was an idea of the Hungarian engineer Tivadar Puskás (1844 - 1893) in 1876, while he was working for Thomas Edison on a telegraph exchange. Before the invention of the telephone switchboard, pairs of telephones were connected directly with each other, practically functioned as an intercom. Although telephones devices were in use before the invention of the telephone exchange, their success and economical operation would have been impossible with the schema and structure of the contemporary telegraph systems.

A telephone exchange was operated manually by operators, or automatically by machine switching. It interconnects individual phone lines to make calls between them.

The first commercial telephone exchange was opened at New Haven, Connecticut, with 21 subscribers on 28 January 1878, in a storefront of the Boardman Building in New Haven, Connecticut. George W. Coy designed and built the world's first switchboard for commercial use. The District Telephone Company of New Haven went into operation with only twenty-one subscribers, who paid $1.50 per month, a one-night price for a room in a city-center hotel.

Coy was inspired by Alexander Graham Bell's lecture at the Skiff Opera House in New Haven on 27 April 1877. In Bell's lecture, during which a three-way telephone connection with Hartford and Middletown, Connecticut, was demonstrated, he first discussed the idea of a telephone exchange for the conduct of business and trade.
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"At the telephone" - A woman sitting at a table with a phone in her hand

"At the telephone" - A woman sitting at a table with a phone in her ha...

Photograph shows young woman, wearing fancy dress, posed with hand holding onto telephone receiver on desk and transmitter (mouthpiece) to mouth. Copyright 1907 by Charles H. Davis, N. Y.

Field Telephone Man, Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Field Telephone Man, Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Telefonzentrale des 16. Koprskommandos in einer Tischlerwerkstätte

Telefonzentrale des 16. Koprskommandos in einer Tischlerwerkstätte

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

Telefonzentrale bei der 2.Infanteriedivision

Telefonzentrale bei der 2.Infanteriedivision

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War exhibit -- N.Y. [field telephone]

War exhibit -- N.Y. [field telephone]

Photograph shows a soldier using a field telephone at an exhibit by the National Security League which was part of the "Peace and Preparation Conference" held at the Hotel Astor in New York City in June 1915. (... More

Francis H. Stephens - Public domain portrait photograph

Francis H. Stephens - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephon-Chef Oberst Müller (Kanzlei.) 14/III.1918.

Telephon-Chef Oberst Müller (Kanzlei.) 14/III.1918.

Public domain photograph of Austro-Hungarian troops during World War One, army, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening of new phone line, 1/17/27

Opening of new phone line, 1/17/27

A group of men sitting at a table in front of a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[T.D. Dutton and J.J. Boone, radio broadcasters of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., testing the installation for broadcasting the inaugural ceremonies]

[T.D. Dutton and J.J. Boone, radio broadcasters of the American Teleph...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 16, no. 42122.

Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young congratulated Poland by transatlantic telephone on the inauguration of Polish merchant marine service with the United States. In the photograph, right to left, are: Young; T. Nosowiez, director of the Polish department of marine; Clayton Lane, commercial attache of the American embassy in Warsaw [...] Commercial Counselor of the Polish embassy in Washington

Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young co...

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Feminists telephone the Hague to determine their status in proposed World Code. The National Woman's Party in Washington was all agog today as Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley telephoned Miss Doris Stevens, chairman of the InterAmerican Commission of Women at the Haugue, to ascertain whether the World Code now being drawn up by the Codification Conference of International Law will be based on sex discrimination. In the photograph, left to right: Miss Anita Pollitzer of South Carolina; Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley; Miss Alice Paul; and Miss Elsie Hill of Connecticut

Feminists telephone the Hague to determine their status in proposed Wo...

A group of women sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The telephone used in information work. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.

The telephone used in information work. United States Department of Ag...

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Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

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State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a sign. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a sign. Great De...

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Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minister Close, in the middle of a telephone call, asking his wife to do an errand for him in town where she is bound

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minis...

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New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Overseas shortwave radio telephone operator receiving and recording messages of Times correspondent in Berne, Switzerland

New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Ov...

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[ Danny Kaye on phone sitting on a bed - scene from "Knock on Wood"]

[ Danny Kaye on phone sitting on a bed - scene from "Knock on Wood"]

Production photograph from the film "Knock on Wood." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use fo... More

[ Mai Zetterling on the phone and Danny Kaye - scene from "Knock on Wood"]

[ Mai Zetterling on the phone and Danny Kaye - scene from "Knock on Wo...

Production photograph from the film "Knock on Wood." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use fo... More

Washington, D.C. The telephone in a boardinghouse is always busy

Washington, D.C. The telephone in a boardinghouse is always busy

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Arnold Genthe - The First Chinese telephone operator in Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - The First Chinese telephone operator in Chinatown, San...

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Hello! Hello! Is that so? Whitney Opera Co.? All right save me a box. What's the opera? A Normandy wedding. That's funny! Be sure and save the box

Hello! Hello! Is that so? Whitney Opera Co.? All right save me a box. ...

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[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated facing left, on telephone] / copyright by Harris & Ewing.

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated facing lef...

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C & P TELEPHONE CO. EQUIPMENT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

C & P TELEPHONE CO. EQUIPMENT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Laying in telephone lines near high wood. During Somme and Ancre Campaign

Laying in telephone lines near high wood. During Somme and Ancre Campa...

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Telefonzentrale beim 33. Schützenregiment

Telefonzentrale beim 33. Schützenregiment

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Trient, Telefon- und Telegrafenzentrale

Trient, Telefon- und Telegrafenzentrale

Telefon- und Telegrafenzentrale; Trient, Dolomitenfront, heute Trentino; Fotograf: Kriegsvermessung 11 Public domain photograph of electric industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - ... More

Verlegung der Telephonleitung des Artilleriiebeobachters am Monte Gabriele

Verlegung der Telephonleitung des Artilleriiebeobachters am Monte Gabr...

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. TRANSPORTING PHONE GIRLS IN TRUCKS DURING STRIKE

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. TRANSPORTING PHONE GIRLS IN TRUCKS ...

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Washington School for Secretaries. Woman at desk with telephones at Washington School for Secretaries I

Washington School for Secretaries. Woman at desk with telephones at Wa...

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[Telephone operator at booth, new quotation system, New York Stock Exchange]

[Telephone operator at booth, new quotation system, New York Stock Exc...

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State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

State Capitol, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence gets Nobel Prize telephone call from Stockholm. November 10, 1939. Morgue 1958--8 (P-19) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Ernest Orlando Lawrence gets Nobel Prize telephone call from Stockholm...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Telephone communication is maintained between all construction points at Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Telephone communication is maintained between all construction points ...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave radio transmitter are made into mobile two-way War Emergency Radio Service sets for Civilian Defense by patriotic radio "hams" who not only install and operate the sets, but frequently contribute their own equipment. Powered by the auto battery, these War Emergency Radio Service mobile stations can maintain uninterrupted contact with their control center even if all telephone and power lines are out of operation

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave r...

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Telephone operator at Aberdeen proving grounds. She lives in dormitory for defense workers. Aberdeen, Maryland

Telephone operator at Aberdeen proving grounds. She lives in dormitory...

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Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of civilian defense. This worker will handle calls from the public reporting trouble areas. Her part in civilian defense was demonstrated at Madison Garden, New York, during the huge civilian defense show in October 1941

Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of ci...

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A black and white photo of a man on a phone. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a phone. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Fort Kent, Maine (vicinity). Edward Daigle has a telephone so that he will not worry about his family when he is in the woods cutting wood in the winter

Fort Kent, Maine (vicinity). Edward Daigle has a telephone so that he ...

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Washington, D.C. Telephone operators at the telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Telephone operators at the telegraph office

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Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain. Upon sighting smoke, she phones in at once to the dispatcher in Gorham, who in turn relays the information to the fire warden of the suspected district

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airpla...

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Dean Reed sharing Alan Jabbour's renditions of Henry Reed's fiddle tune repertory via telephone, Rich Creek, Virginia, November 30, 1975.

Dean Reed sharing Alan Jabbour's renditions of Henry Reed's fiddle tun...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Newsroom of the New York Times newspaper. Reporters and rewrite men writing stories, and waiting to be sent out. Rewrite man in background gets the story on the phone from reporter outside

New York, New York. Newsroom of the New York Times newspaper. Reporter...

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"Speak out" N.Y. Herald - Public domain dedication image

"Speak out" N.Y. Herald - Public domain dedication image

President-elect Grover Cleveland holds a telephone receiver to his ear. Behind him on the wall is a portrait of President Chester A. Arthur captioned, "Pres. of U.S. till March 4, 1885." No copyright informati... More

C & P TELEPHONE CO. SWITCHBOARDS

C & P TELEPHONE CO. SWITCHBOARDS

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C & P TELEPHONE CO. MAN ON PHONE

C & P TELEPHONE CO. MAN ON PHONE

A black and white photo of a man in a suit talking on a telephone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York City Police Dept. activities: Inspector McCafferty, on telephone]

[New York City Police Dept. activities: Inspector McCafferty, on telep...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Crime;... More

Telephon-Zentrale des 10.A.K. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Telephon-Zentrale des 10.A.K. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek pub...

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

Telephon-  und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

Telephon- und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

Public domain photograph related to World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Detroit news timely topics.  Bell's first telephone

The Detroit news timely topics. Bell's first telephone

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western front. Testing the telephone in the front trench. August 1917

Western front. Testing the telephone in the front trench. August 1917

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph - German army, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armistice - Armistice - Officers of the Allied Commission at Spa use former Kaiser's phone. French Officer of the Allied Armistice Commission talking through the telephone which the former Kaiser had used

Armistice - Armistice - Officers of the Allied Commission at Spa use f...

Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Armistice - Armistice Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephon-Chef Oberst Müller (Kanzlei) 14/III.1918.

Telephon-Chef Oberst Müller (Kanzlei) 14/III.1918.

Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L.O. Schroeder - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

L.O. Schroeder - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CCC-ID Students Installing a Telephone Drop - Bureau of Indian Affairs

CCC-ID Students Installing a Telephone Drop - Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Telephone. Disk type dial phone III

Telephone. Disk type dial phone III

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Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, shows the old and the new in telephones. That in his right hand is a model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone through which sounds were first electronically transmitted in 1875. The larger apparatus near his right hand is the artificial lung and larynx, which enables people with paralyzed vocal cords to talk again. 12/30

Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President...

A black and white photo of a man holding a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. Junction of power lines at pole

Potomac Electric Power Co. Junction of power lines at pole

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Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an important part of civilian defense work. This operator at air raid warden headquarters receives calls telling her of trouble in various areas, notes the messages and passes them on for immediate action. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1941

Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an import...

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New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Clippings on every conceivable subject are filed here for a reference. Editors and writers phone in for information. In center background is a photograph of Adolph Ochs, founder of the paper

New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Clipping...

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Back our girls over there United War Work Campaign / / Clarence F. Underwood.

Back our girls over there United War Work Campaign / / Clarence F. Und...

Y.W.C.A. poster for the United War Work Campaign showing a young woman seated at a switchboard with soldiers in the background. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas ... More

The New York curb market telephone clerk calling one of the members on the floor.

The New York curb market telephone clerk calling one of the members on...

Photograph shows a young man on the telephone waving a note. J0923 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1929 by Jack Sussman. Photo by Jack Sussman Features, New York City.

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific men in Boston / From sketches by E.R. Morse.

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... More

Patent drawing - for F. Shaw's Head Telephone Public domain  image

Patent drawing - for F. Shaw's Head Telephone Public domain image

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Portrait of Prof. C.W. Roush, principal of the Broken Bow Business College, and his stenographer, Miss Mable Holcomb.

Portrait of Prof. C.W. Roush, principal of the Broken Bow Business Col...

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[Santa Claus with children and toys: Santa in his workshop talking on telephone and surrounded by toys]

[Santa Claus with children and toys: Santa in his workshop talking on ...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-87183-2. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Holidays; Santa Claus; Toys.

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing front, smiling while talking on a telephone as he receives news of his nomination as the 1908 Republican presidential candidate from President Theodore Roosevelt] / Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC.

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing fr...

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Telefonzentrale bei der 2.Infanteriedivision

Telefonzentrale bei der 2.Infanteriedivision

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Telefon- und Telegrafenzentrale in Trient

Telefon- und Telegrafenzentrale in Trient

Fotograf: Kriegsvermessung 11 Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephon-  und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

Telephon- und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

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Telephon-  und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

Telephon- und Telegraphenzentrale in Trient

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Kommunikationszentrale des 16.Korpskommdo in Dornberg Oktober 1915

Kommunikationszentrale des 16.Korpskommdo in Dornberg Oktober 1915

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

Peace Delegates on NOORDAM -- Mrs. P. Lawrence, Jane Addams, Anna Molloy

Peace Delegates on NOORDAM -- Mrs. P. Lawrence, Jane Addams, Anna Moll...

Photograph shows the American delegates to the International Congress of Women which was held at the Hague, the Netherlands in 1915. The delegates include: feminist and peace activist Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence... More

Canadian scenes. Man at desk using telephone II

Canadian scenes. Man at desk using telephone II

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[New quotation room, New York Stock Exchange]

[New quotation room, New York Stock Exchange]

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Telephone service from land to ships at sea inaugurated from U.S. Capitol. The first commercial wireless telephone service between land and ships at sea was inaugurated today from the United States Capitol by Rep. Fred A. Britten, (R) Illinois, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, Rep. Britten talked to Commodore H.A. Cunningham aboard the S.S. Leviathan. In the photograph, left to right: Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Admiral U.S. Navy; Rep. Wallace White, Chairman of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Rep. James V. McClinic, [...] Naval Affairs Committee; Rep. Fred A. Britten; Admiral Charles F. Hughes, Chief of Operations, U.S. Navy and Samuel S. Sandberg, Shipping Board Commissioner

Telephone service from land to ships at sea inaugurated from U.S. Capi...

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[Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning the globe]

[Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning ...

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[Group, back row: Robert P. Lamont, 3rd from left; front: Ray Wilbur holding telephone]

[Group, back row: Robert P. Lamont, 3rd from left; front: Ray Wilbur h...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tyson House, Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama

Tyson House, Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama

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Streetcar employee reporting over telephone. Streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Streetcar employee reporting over telephone. Streetcar terminal, Oklah...

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Telephone and directory. Dubuque, Iowa

Telephone and directory. Dubuque, Iowa

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Photograph of Women Working at a Bell System Telephone Switchboard

Photograph of Women Working at a Bell System Telephone Switchboard

Women Working In Industry Public domain photograph of telephone station, switchboard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workman keeps in touch with various construction points by telephone at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Workman keeps in touch with various construction points by telephone a...

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Oakridge, Oregon. Town telephone switchboard. Population of the town is 520

Oakridge, Oregon. Town telephone switchboard. Population of the town i...

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Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Trout, in charge of the south tower, sends a message on the telautograph. It will go to many points in the Union Station including the station masters office, the information desk, the passenger agents' office, telephone information room, etc.

Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Trout, in charge of the south tower, sends a me...

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[ Mai Zetterling on phone standing next to a policeman with a woman in background - scene from "Knock on Wood"]

[ Mai Zetterling on phone standing next to a policeman with a woman in...

Production photograph from the film "Knock on Wood." (General)

Dick Gregory interviewed on telephone / World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller.

Dick Gregory interviewed on telephone / World Telegram & Sun photo by ...

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Vintage rotary telephone building. A close up of an old fashioned telephone

Vintage rotary telephone building. A close up of an old fashioned tele...

Architecture stock photograph: A close up of a phone with numbers on it / A close up of an old fashioned telephone.

Tel. Co. [i.e., Telephone Company] switchboard

Tel. Co. [i.e., Telephone Company] switchboard

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Frank on phone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Frank on phone - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[WM. H. TAFT] ON TELEPHONE - Public domain portrait photograph

[WM. H. TAFT] ON TELEPHONE - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man on the phone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man at telephone switchboard] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

[Man at telephone switchboard] - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-119155. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Offices; Telephones.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

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Dreigestänge Telefonanlage in Wladmir Wolinsky

Dreigestänge Telefonanlage in Wladmir Wolinsky

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Telephon-Zentrale des 10.A.K. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Telephon-Zentrale des 10.A.K. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek pub...

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. TELEPHONE GIRLS

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. TELEPHONE GIRLS

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interurbane Telephon Trasse im Kirlibabatal

Interurbane Telephon Trasse im Kirlibabatal

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At the Doiran front. Bulgarian telephone station with trench periscope observing the enemy's position. March 1917

At the Doiran front. Bulgarian telephone station with trench periscope...

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western front. Pleasant moments in a telephone station during a lull in battle. July 1917

Western front. Pleasant moments in a telephone station during a lull i...

German Military Activities and Personnel Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Denby at wireless phone, 2/10/22

Denby at wireless phone, 2/10/22

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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