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Mar 16, 2015 · The map shows Bell’s market penetration in 1910, three years after Vail took over. Some rural areas—Oklahoma, Iowa, northern and eastern Texas—are surprisingly well-covered, while others in...
- Rebecca Onion
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.
North America ® ® WASHINGTON, D.C. BALTIMORE BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS/FT. WORTH MEXICO CITY HOUSTON LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SERVING SEVEN OF TOP 10 U.S. MARKETS (MARKET RANK) Los Angeles (2) Chicago (3) Washington / Baltimore (4) San Francisco / Oakland / San Jose (5) Boston (7) Dallas / Ft. Worth (9) Houston (10) COMBINED U.S. DATA 31.4 ...
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
To help us understand the process of uniting the states, we built the first digital map of a telegraph system. We invite you to use the map to see for yourself how modern technology helped build a transcontinental nation.
A rare 1910 thematic map of AT&T’s Bell Telephone System, produced at a time when “Ma Bell” had a near-stranglehold on the nation’s long-distance and local phone service. The map depicts the United States, southern Canada, and northern Mexico, including state and provincial boundaries and the courses of major river systems.
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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.
