IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. As telephones became mainstream ...

Once upon a time, whenever someone referred to "the telephone," they meant the Western Electric 500. Debuting in 1949, this simple, sturdy rotary-dial desktop phone became the iconic image for all ...

As the iconic Bell Labs marks 100 years in 2025 as a research arm of former communications giants AT&T and Bell Telephone System, it has a historic, corporate tie-in to the Lehigh Valley: Allentown’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Western Electric desk telephone on ...

In a recent excavation of my mother's walk-in closet, I discovered our old Western Electric telephone. I believe it is a Design Line-->Celebrity-->model 2940 telephone. Overall, it's in good working ...

The Western Electric 111C and 119C repeat coils were commonly used for all equalized circuits from the telephone company. Because equalized lines are no longer as common, these transformers have ...

Ben Dawson of Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers saw our mention in the Feb. 15 column of Western Electric 120 “repeat coils.” Ben has a 1950 Western Electric Telephone Equipment catalogue in his ...

Sue Emerson was so eager to work at Western Electric that she sent the company a new application every month. She had sent in 13 applications before she landed a job at the Allentown plant in 1977. “I ...