32 results for: Telecommunications
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Seattle's first transcontinental phone call, February 25, 1927
On February 26, 1927, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company started long-distance service between Seattle and Great Britain. Anyone with a telephone could arrange to call between 5:30 am and 10 am Pacific Coast Time, which was afternoon in Britain. The rate to London was $87.00 for the first three minutes, and $29.00 for each additional minute.In this photo, General…
ID Number:1983.10.634.1
Date:1927
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Seattle's first transcontinental telephone call, February 25, 1927
On February 26, 1927, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company started long-distance service between Seattle and Great Britain. Anyone with a telephone could arrange to call between 5:30 am and 10 am Pacific Coast Time, which was afternoon in Britain. The rate to London was $87.00 for the first three minutes, and $29.00 for each additional minute.In this photo, General…
ID Number:1983.10.634.2
Date:1927
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Telephone Building, Seattle, circa 1921
The Pacific Telephone Building was constructed in 1921 at Third Avenue and Seneca Street. Here, the facade appears complete, but signs of construction can be seen near the street. Handwritten on sleeve: Telephone Bldg.Photographer's Reference Number: 86018Caption information source: "American Telephone and Telegraph Company (A, T and T), Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, Office Building #2, Seattle, WA," PCAD, https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/8827/
ID Number:1983.10.2176
Date:Circa 1921
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Wireless operator at the harbor, September 1921
The Port of Seattle was very busy during the 1920s. The harbor radio station, call letters KPE, was located on Pier 1 at the end of Yesler Way. Ships leaving or entering the harbor radioed their estimated arrival or leaving times and other messages to KPE. This helped the port control ship traffic. This photo shows a wireless radio operator…
ID Number:1983.10.2280.3
Date:1921
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Woman at switchboard, Seattle, circa 1922
Today, telephone call connections are made electronically. At first, however, each connection had to be made individually by an operator at a switchboard. This was a popular job for women.In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, a Seattle telephone operator uses a telephone switchboard to connect people who've called with the people they're calling. Handwritten on sleeve: Telephone Girls…
ID Number:1983.10.2720.1
Date:Circa 1922
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Telephone switchboard operators, circa 1922
Today, telephone call connections are made electronically. At first, however, a telephone operator seated at a switchboard manually connected each local and long-distance call. Most telephone operators were women. In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, a Seattle telephone operator uses a telephone switchboard to connect people who've called with the people they're calling. Photographer's Reference Number: 95450
ID Number:1983.10.2720.2
Date:Circa 1922
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Radio station KFOA at Rhodes department store, 1923
Seattle's early radio stations were operated by individuals, churches, newspapers, and stores. Radio station KFOA was operated by Rhodes department store. Shoppers could visit the second floor of the store and watch radio broadcasting in action. KFOA was the first station in Seattle to become part of a network, the National Broadcasting Company.This photo, taken in 1923, shows performers at…
ID Number:1983.10.2984
Date:1923
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Young woman listening to a radio on the yacht "Muriel," circa 1923
This fashionably dressed young woman gazes out over what is probably Seattle's Portage Bay as she listens to a radio. Radios were still quite new in the 1920s. They had two parts: a receiver which picked up the signal, and a large, trumpet-shaped speaker which made the signal loud enough to hear. The receiver was large because it operated with…
ID Number:1983.10.2985.2
Date:Circa 1923
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Woman listening to a radio in her living room, circa 1926
In the early 1920s, radios were tricky machines that only an expert could operate. By 1926, they were much easier to use and came in a variety of models, some of which looked like furniture. In this photo, taken around 1926, a young Seattle woman listens to a radio in her living room. On Sundays, she could hear services from…
ID Number:1983.10.2987
Date:Circa 1926
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Pacific Telephone & Telegraph building, Seattle, November 17, 1927
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building is on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Seneca Streets. Its cornice was removed after being damaged in the 1965 earthquake. Handwritten on sleeve: Pacific Tel. Tel. Co. Bldg. Ext. 11-17-27.Photographer's Reference Number: 128143
ID Number:1983.10.3845.2
Date:1927