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Airline Computer Network

Date: 09 26 1984
Description: A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone.
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Truax Field Soldiers on Telephones

Date: 12 17 1942
Description: Men, some of whom are dressed in overalls, make phone calls in a bank of telephone booths at Truax Army Air Field in the recreation hall and switchboard ar...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Switchboard

Date: 08 03 1931
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. switchboard, front view.
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New Police Telephone Switchboard

Date: 09 06 1949
Description: A Madison police officer at the new police telephone switchboard at the police station, 14 South Webster Street.
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Telephone Operator

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Marie McCaddin, New York branch telephone operator." Overhead view of woman sitting at a switchboard.
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Switchboard Operators

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Description: Indoor portrait of an office space with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard. Above the switchboard is a clock. There is a window on the lef...
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Telstar Passes Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Tels...
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Technician Working on Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A technician prepares the ends of cable wires in the Telstar satellite.
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Telstar Test Satellite

Date: 1962
Description: A Telstar test satellite mated to the third stage of Delta launch vehicle.
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Telstar Satellite

Date: 1962
Description: The Telstar satellite, completely assembled.
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Telstar Satellite Model

Date: 08 1961
Description: Members of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee stand with a model of the Telstar satellite. A man holds a piece of the model and is pointing sk...
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Group with Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men look at a model of the Telstar with Newton Minow.
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We Saw You . . . at the Telephone Convention

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: 44th Annual Wisconsin Telephone Association convention held at the Hotel Loraine located at 119 West Washington Avenue. Watching a telephone demonstration ...
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Large Office with Switchboard Operator

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: Interior view of a large office, with a female switchboard operator sitting on the right.

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