Photograph
Audichron
| Stanley E. Bennett, a First Wisconsin National Bank cashier, listens to the handset while John T. Frymark, a Wisconsin Telephone Company central office foreman operates a monitor switch to test the Audichron. The Audichron was a machine located in the Wisconsin Telephone building at 722 N Broadway that reported the time via tape recordings when people called Broadway 1-4911 in Milwaukee. The service was sponsored by First Wisconsin National bank. In 1953, the machine fielded 3,166,305 calls. |
| Image ID: | 130836 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 03 02 1954 |
| Creator Name: | Milwaukee Journal |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Milwaukee journal negatives, circa 1955-circa 1982 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3425, box 6, Industry |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Published Milwaukee Journal March 3, 1954. Bennett lived at 3021 S Herman St. Frymark lived at 3061 N Newhall St. |
| Eyeglasses |
| Neckties |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Work clothes |
| Machinery |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Telephone companies |
| Clocks and watches |
| Telephone |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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