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The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.
Mar 16, 2015 · A Telephone Map of the United States Shows Where You Could Call Using Ma Bell in 1910
- Rebecca Onion
Map showing lines of the Bell telephone companies in the United States and Canada, July 1st, 1904, by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth 4m90fd949.tif 6,679 × 4,414; 84.37 MB
A fascinating map showing the growth of the phone system at an early stage. Has the logo of the Bell System above the title. Top and bottom rollers are black wood. Map is unvarnished with full printed color. Wall Map. Collection: David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries
The Bell System, the largest monopoly in history, was cruelly and wrongly destroyed in the early 1980s in what turned out to be the largest antitrust settlement in history. Telephone Land quickly became anarchy from the peaceful, pleasant place it had been before.
Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22.
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Shows the United States and Canada with "Long Distance lines of the American Tel. & Tel. Co. and Lines of the other Bell Telephone Companies and their connections." The long distance lines are primarily in the eastern half of the country, with one line running as far west as Denver.
