32 results for: Telecommunications
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Land-based dispatchers calling tug boat captain, Seattle, June 11, 1949
Begun in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857-1927) in Tacoma, Washington, the Foss Launch and Tug Company (now Foss Maritime) has grown into the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast. The company has been owned since 1987 by Saltchuk Resources Inc., and is now based in Seattle.In this image Foss Co. Dispatcher Walt Hedwall, seated, and Assistant Manager…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.01
Date:1949
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Tug boat captain talking to land-based dispatchers, Seattle, June 11, 1949
Begun in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857-1927) in Tacoma, Washington, the Foss Launch and Tug Company (now Foss Maritime) has grown into the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast. The company has been owned since 1987 by Saltchuk Resources Inc., and is now based in Seattle.In this image Foss Co. tug Captain Noel Davis, aboard the tug…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.02
Date:1949
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Susan Hutchison preparing for news broadcast, Seattle, January 21, 1993
In this image Seattle's KIRO-TV news anchor Susan (Sylvester) Hutchison (1954-) stands in the news room, ready for an afternoon broadcast. The show had just announced a new format that would allow anchors to move around while delivering the news instead of remaining seated at a desk. Ms. Hutchinson worked for KIRO from 1981-2002, and was Chair of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.04
Date:1993
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Jerry Dyer working at Microsoft's Redmond campus, June 25, 1996
MSNBC, a partnership between Microsoft and NBC News, was launched on July 15, 1996 as both a 24-hour cable TV news channel and interactive Internet site. While ultimate editorial control over content was held by NBC, Microsoft also developed reporting staff at its Redmond headquarters to generate and report its own stories. Reporters based at Microsoft focused on world economics,…
ID Number:2000.107.19960625.4.15
Date:1996
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Women employees in front of Western Union Telegraph Office, Seattle, 1918
Dorothy Peterson began her career in 1918 at the Western Union Telegraph Company branch office at 81 Madison Street. She saved this photograph along with many others in a scrapbook documenting the social and work activities of her fellow employees. The three women on the right wear uniforms, which may indicate they worked outside of the office. Names writen in…
ID Number:2011.3.7.3.1
Date:1918
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Reel of submarine cable on a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph barge, Seattle, 1936
The original submarine cable laying took place in 1928 for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Emergency repairs became necessary on July 14, 1936.
ID Number:2011.73.7
Date:1936
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Daniel R. (Dan) Hesse, August 12, 2002
Interview with Daniel (Dan) R. Hesse by Jessah Foulk on August 12, 2002 at Terabeam in Kirkland for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Hesse was the chairman, president, and CEO of Terabeam Corporation at the time of this interview. Prior to this, he spent 23 years at AT&T where he was named CEO of AT&T Wireless…
ID Number:2019.35.6.8
Date:2002
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By-Laws of Local Union 77 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 1949
In 1891, ten electrical workers in St. Louis banded together to form the first nationwide union for electrical work. The union was originally called the National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but changed to its current name, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), in 1905. As of 2023, the IBEW represents approximately 820,000 workers in the United States and Canada,…
ID Number:2020.26.13
Date:1949
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company employees, May 9, 1949
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was a subsidiary of AT&T that provided communications services to most of the US West. It was founded in San Francisco in 1906. The first AT&T subsidiary in Seattle had been the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, which began operating in 1883. Sunset quickly expanded and provided service throughout Washington, but AT&T decided to…
ID Number:2021.14.1
Date:1949
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Western Union messengers on bicycles, Seattle, 1937
Before long-distance telephones, fax machines and the internet became so widespread in the late 20th century, the quickest way to send a message was by telegraph. Messages came in by wire to the local Western Union telegraph office, and uniformed messengers delivered written or printed copies to homes and businesses. In Seattle and other cities, Western Union messengers generally delivered…
ID Number:PI21632
Date:1937