THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The Telecommunications History Group (THG) was formed by a small group of retired and active telecommunications employees who were shocked and disappointed to learn that many historical items were being discarded and destroyed as buildings were relocated or put out of commission or as people and departments deemed something no longer
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ABOUT THG | THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC.THG ENERGY SOLUTIONSTHG FAUCETSTHG HOSTINGTHG PHTZTHG STOCK PRICE The Telecommunications History Group, Inc. The Telecommunications History Group (THG) proudly preserves and shares the rich heritage of an industry that has had and continues to have a huge impact on our society, our culture, and most of all, our ability to communicate. Why is this important? The telecommunications industry created the roots of
TELECOM HISTORY TIMELINE 1955: The laying of the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable. 1957: Field tests for the first pagers begin in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 1958: Princess Phones are introduced, the first phone with a lighted dial, which became a part of American pop culture. 1960: The first touch-tone telephones are test-marketed, which had 10 buttons
CONNECTIONS MUSEUM SEATTLE The museum is temporarily not open to the public, please see the COVID-19 information page for details. The Connections Museum Seattle, formerly the Herbert H. Warrick Jr. Museum of Communications is a part of The Telecommunications History Group, Inc. and is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.. The museum features working Panel and Crossbar electromechanical central THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The official cause of death is “apoplexy.”. Howard B. Santee was a patent license manager when he retired from Western Electric in 1956 after 39 years and 11 months with the company. We received the collection from Mary S. Harris, Mr. Santee’s daughter. The collection and many others may be seen at the Telecommunications History Group
TELEPHONE COMPANY HISTORIES Telephone Company Histories. - Introduction. The Bell System’s history stretches back to 1876, with founder Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone. Bell, Thomas Sanders and Gardiner G. Hubbard formed The Bell Patent Association in order to capitalize on the invention. In August 1877, the three members of the patent agreement
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The following are a few photos of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph headquarters building at 931 14th St. in Denver. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is referred to as "The last of the Bell System Palaces", as it was the last to be built before the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression of the 1930s. US WEST | TELEPHONE COMPANY HISTORIES Location: Denver, Colorado Started: 1984 Sold to/Ended: Purchased by Qwest Communications International, 2000 History: US WEST was one of the seven “baby Bells” formed at the break-up of AT&T in 1984. (The others were Nynex (in New York and New England), BellSouth and Ameritech (in the Midwest), Southwestern Bell, and Pacific Telesis (in California and Nevada). THE OUTSIDE PLANT
The Connections Museum Seattle. - The Outside Plant. The outside plant is the telephone equipment that is not inside the central office and those tools necessary to support it. This includes building terminals, telephone poles, splices and lineman’s tools all of which are displayed in the museum. THE 2002 HAYMAN FOREST FIRE On June 8, 2002, a fire began in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest, about 30 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado. Firefighters struggled with the flames for nearly three weeks before their efforts and fortuitous rainstorms combined to put out the fire. By then, over 137,760 acres and
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The Telecommunications History Group (THG) was formed by a small group of retired and active telecommunications employees who were shocked and disappointed to learn that many historical items were being discarded and destroyed as buildings were relocated or put out of commission or as people and departments deemed something no longer necessary.
ABOUT THG | THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC.THG ENERGY SOLUTIONSTHG FAUCETSTHG HOSTINGTHG PHTZTHG STOCK PRICE The Telecommunications History Group, Inc. The Telecommunications History Group (THG) proudly preserves and shares the rich heritage of an industry that has had and continues to have a huge impact on our society, our culture, and most of all, our ability to communicate. Why is this important? The telecommunications industry created the roots of
TELECOM HISTORY TIMELINE 1955: The laying of the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable. 1957: Field tests for the first pagers begin in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 1958: Princess Phones are introduced, the first phone with a lighted dial, which became a part of American pop culture. 1960: The first touch-tone telephones are test-marketed, which had 10 buttons
CONNECTIONS MUSEUM SEATTLE The museum is temporarily not open to the public, please see the COVID-19 information page for details. The Connections Museum Seattle, formerly the Herbert H. Warrick Jr. Museum of Communications is a part of The Telecommunications History Group, Inc. and is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.. The museum features working Panel and Crossbar electromechanical central THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The official cause of death is “apoplexy.”. Howard B. Santee was a patent license manager when he retired from Western Electric in 1956 after 39 years and 11 months with the company. We received the collection from Mary S. Harris, Mr. Santee’s daughter. The collection and many others may be seen at the Telecommunications History Group
TELEPHONE COMPANY HISTORIES Telephone Company Histories. - Introduction. The Bell System’s history stretches back to 1876, with founder Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone. Bell, Thomas Sanders and Gardiner G. Hubbard formed The Bell Patent Association in order to capitalize on the invention. In August 1877, the three members of the patent agreement
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HISTORY GROUP, INC. The following are a few photos of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph headquarters building at 931 14th St. in Denver. Built in 1928 and opened in 1929, it is referred to as "The last of the Bell System Palaces", as it was the last to be built before the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression of the 1930s. US WEST | TELEPHONE COMPANY HISTORIES Location: Denver, Colorado Started: 1984 Sold to/Ended: Purchased by Qwest Communications International, 2000 History: US WEST was one of the seven “baby Bells” formed at the break-up of AT&T in 1984. (The others were Nynex (in New York and New England), BellSouth and Ameritech (in the Midwest), Southwestern Bell, and Pacific Telesis (in California and Nevada). THE OUTSIDE PLANT
The Connections Museum Seattle. - The Outside Plant. The outside plant is the telephone equipment that is not inside the central office and those tools necessary to support it. This includes building terminals, telephone poles, splices and lineman’s tools all of which are displayed in the museum. THE 2002 HAYMAN FOREST FIRE On June 8, 2002, a fire began in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest, about 30 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado. Firefighters struggled with the flames for nearly three weeks before their efforts and fortuitous rainstorms combined to put out the fire. By then, over 137,760 acres and
INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Connections Museum Denver THG Archives 303.296.1221 telcomhist@aol.com. Connections Museum Seattle Mail: PO Box 81103 7000 East Marginal Way South Seattle, WA 98108 MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES
Telecommunications History Group THG Archives Connections Museum Denver PO Box 8719 Denver, CO 80201-8719. Phone: 303.296.1221 Fax: 303.296.0282 E-Mail: info@telcomhistory.org EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Educational Resources. - Telecommunications History Group. This section contains educational resources, both for children and teachers. For children, we will shortly have activities, special tours, and even games – all very interactive and age-appropriate. For teachers we have educational packages including potential lesson plans, additional
HOW PHONES WORK: THE BASIC SCIENCE BEHIND TELEPHONES In 1878, Thomas Watson, Bell’s assistant, filed for a patent for a device known as a “ringer.”. This operated through the use of an electromagnet, a hammer, and two bells. The person doing the calling would spin a crank, which would spin a magneto, which would produce an VISITING THE CONNECTIONS MUSEUM SEATTLE Connections Museum Denver THG Archives 303.296.1221 telcomhist@aol.com. Connections Museum Seattle Mail: PO Box 81103 7000 East Marginal Way South Seattle, WA 98108 A TIME BEFORE PHONES: THE INVENTIONS LEADING UP TO THE This discovery inspired a man named Samuel F. B. Morse, a professor of arts and design at the University of the City of New York, to come up with the idea of telegraphy—the sending of messages over a wire—in 1832. He’d made an experimental version by 1835, using pulses of current to move a marker near an electromagnet. THE OUTSIDE PLANT
The Connections Museum Seattle. - The Outside Plant. The outside plant is the telephone equipment that is not inside the central office and those tools necessary to support it. This includes building terminals, telephone poles, splices and lineman’s tools all of which are displayed in the museum. CONNECTIONS MUSEUM DENVER Connections Museum Denver resides in a place of honor among telecom history locations. The 1929 Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Headquarters building at 931 14th Street was deemed “Colorado’s Bell System Palace.”. Finished shortly before the stock market crash of 1929, it represented a symbol of the power of industry and
A MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR www.telcomhistory.org 303-296-1221 Spring 2021, Vol. 26, no. 1 Jody Georgeson, editor A Message from Our Director 931 14TH ST. HISTORIC BUILDING 931 14th St. Historic Building. - Introduction. Welcome to our online tour of the historic Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Headquarters building in Denver, Colorado. We call it “Colorado’s Bell System Palace,” and it was finished shortly before the 1929 Crash of Wall Street and the beginning of the Great Depression. Never Connections Denver
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