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Glass to Wood
In the 1950s, Bell Labatories started replacing the wooden telephone booths into glass telephone booths. Funny thing is, Alaskan moose would get aggressive when they saw their refelction and started bashing into them!
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Telephone History 1950-1960
history of the telephone
8 events
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Customers: Long Distance Direct Dialing
AT&T opened up Long Distance Direct Dialing to customers. HTe dialing did not require an operator.
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First Long Ranged Telephone Call
Mayor M. Leslie Downing made the first long range phone call to Mayor Frank Osborne. The call was received in Alameda, California. www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/51trans.html -
TAT-1 was Laid down by AT&T
TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable was set up between Gallahaeh Bay, Oban, Scotland and Clarenville, Newfoundland. TAT-1 carried around 2,000 calls per year. www.historyofinformation.com
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Copper-Glass Fiber
Hair thin glass fibers were experinmented on by AT&T labs instead of copper. A laser would send information dow the fiber to the other end. This is now used in our everyday lives.
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Number and Letters!
Bell Systems started changing the phone numbers in 1958. They formerly had numbers AND letters but they changed it to ANC. ANC stands for All Number Calling.
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Princess Phone
In 1959, the princess phone was invneted. It became part of the American pop cultural and was the the first light dial phone.
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Touch-Tone test marked by Weastern Electric Model Shop
The first tested marked touch-tone phone, was marked in Findlay, Ohio. This phone had only 10 buttons, and not 12 which we have today.
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