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- Western Electric Company Type M5 Generator, 1905-1925 -
- 1905-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Western Electric Company Type M5 Generator, 1905-1925
- Weston Model 11-A Oscillator, Used by Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1930-1940 -
- 1930-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Weston Model 11-A Oscillator, Used by Michigan Bell Telephone Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1930-1940
- Western Electric Telephone Switchboard, Used by the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, circa 1930 - Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Western Electric Telephone Switchboard, Used by the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, circa 1930
Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.
- 1935-1954
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.
- Telephone Switchboard Used in Cadmus, Michigan, circa 1905 - Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Switchboard Used in Cadmus, Michigan, circa 1905
Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- Printing Block, Landscape Scene, 1860-1940 -
- 1860-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block, Landscape Scene, 1860-1940
- Trimline Phone, Michigan Bell's Five Millionth Telephone, 1973 -
- July 20, 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Trimline Phone, Michigan Bell's Five Millionth Telephone, 1973
- Operating Manual for the SSI System 100 Communicator, 1981 -
- 1981
- Collections - Artifact
Operating Manual for the SSI System 100 Communicator, 1981
- Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.
- 1935-1954
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.
- Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.
- 1935-1954
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Block, Portrait of Thomas I. Starr, 1935-1954
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965), editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, was an Abraham Lincoln scholar and collector of Lincolniana. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr went on write several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an image of Starr, probably used during his time working for Michigan Bell.