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Photograph

Telephone Pole and Water Tower

Date: 11 1980
Description: A telephone pole emerges from a dirt mound and casts a shadow across the land. Trees and a water tower can be seen in the distance. Bible Camp Road.
Photograph

Telephone Operator

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

Theresa Telephone Office

Date: 02 27 1978
Description: "Theresa telephone office. Thirty-year employee, Donald Lawrence, solders on the main frame of the central office switching equipment."
Map or Atlas

Lakes Tributary to G.W. Buck & Son Resorts : Branches: Divide Resort, Spider Lake Resort, Manitowish Hotel

Date: 12 1900
Description: This manuscript map from 1900 shows resorts, lakes, rivers and streams, roads, railroads, and telephone lines in northwest Vilas County, in the towns of Bo...
Photograph

Telephone Pole in the Marsh

Date: 11 1961
Description: Telephone pole among marsh grasses and bare birch trees near the Spring Green Bridge.
Postcard

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Bridge, Crossing the Chippewa River

Date: 1910
Description: A colorized view from shoreline of the steel beam bridge, with five sections and five bridge pylons. The bridge was downstream from the rapids on Main stre...
Poster

"Fernruf aus Chicago" (Chicago Calling) Film Poster

Date: 1957
Description: German film poster for the American film. Illustrated image of a man's face. Behind him are telephone poles and lines against a blue background.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Technician Working on Telstar

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

Drawing of Bell System's Earth Station

Date: 1962
Description: An illustration of the Bell System's earth station showing some of its functional uses with the Telstar communications satellite.
Photograph

Telstar Satellite Cut-away Drawing

Date: 1962
Description: A cutaway drawing of the Bell System's experimental Telstar communications satellite.
Photograph

Cut-away Sketch of Telstar

Date: 1962
Description: A color cut-away sketch of the Telstar satellite.
Photograph

Telstar Test Satellite

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

Telstar Satellite

Date: 1962
Description: The Telstar satellite, completely assembled.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Group with Telstar Model

Date: 1962
Description: A group of men look at a model of the Telstar with Newton Minow.
Photograph

Fire Dispatchers Room

Date: 03 09 1965
Description: Dispatcher Sgt. L.E. Odegaard sitting at a switchboard surrounded by newly installed dispatching equipment. Odegaard is on the second floor of No. 3 statio...
Photograph

Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards a truck with equipment for installing telephone poles. There is a large auger suspended from the back of the truck. Men are standing along the...

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