WebAccessing 1940 NYC Phonebooks in One Step, Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Last Name Data presented here comes from the now defunct New York Public Library DirectMe 1940 project.
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WebHawaii - White and Yellow Pages - Honolulu - 2/1949 thru 9/1951. Date:1949. Resource: View 597 Pages. U.S. Telephone Directory Collection The Library of Congress's …
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WebA European style Jydsk wall phone from late 1920's. Jydsk Telefon (K. Telegraf Verkets Verkstad, Stockholm) was a company operating in Sweden and Denmark. These …
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WebApr 1, 2019 · Outdoor booths first appeared in 1940s, and became common with the development of glass and aluminum booths in the 1950s. But as prices declined, and …
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WebMar 14, 2019 · As of 2017, there were 455 million telephone numbers for the United States’ 325 million residents, or 1.4 per person. About three-quarters of those numbers were tied …
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WebIn 1953, a Telephone-Company Executive Predicts the Rise of Modern Smartphones and Video Calls. The First Cellphone: Discover Motorola’s DynaTAC 8000X, a 2‑Pound Brick …
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WebMar 13, 2018 · 1876 - The telephone was officially patented; 1877 - Promotions began for telephone subscribers and Alexander Graham Bell formed the Bell Telephone …
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WebA party line (multiparty line, shared service line, party wire) is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers.. Party line systems were widely …
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WebThe New York Public Library is introducing a new research tool to help track down past city residents through old telephone directories. The release of this new feature coincides …
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WebStructure of mid-20th century phone. All modern telephones in 1940s and 1950s Britain had a handset which rested on a cradle as shown below. The handset contained a …
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WebJun 15, 2020 · A sputtering car coasts to a stop and two grateful women phone for road service. Lighted outdoor telephone booths are multiplying along America’s highways. …
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WebMar 13, 2020 · A common IMTS phone, the 25 watt Motorola TLD-1100, had two roughly 8-inch square circuit boards to locate an idle channel and do other channel management …
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WebToll rates are a bit easier - ranging from .20 cents to 5.50 (1945 dollars) depending on distance for a 10 min long toll call. [1 - page 62] Before the early 60's a local call on a …
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WebWe previously published a 1970s mobile phone prototype from the UK that only had 6 minutes of battery life. While that was less than desirable, the overall concept was not …
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WebNov 8, 2022 · Wiki User. ∙ 13y ago. Best Answer. In the 1940s, many homes had telephones. Usually only one. And some families shared their phone line with their …
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WebApr 13, 2014 · Telephone operator training film, focuses on the problems associated with "party lines". Produced in cooperation with The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylva
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WebJul 6, 2017 · Southwestern Bell had 20,000 employees in Texas at the beginning of 1947 and handled an average of 7,165,000 local and 130,000 long distance calls every day. …
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