Southern New England Telephone (SNET) Collection undated, 1920s-1980s

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Southern New England Telephone (SNET) Collection undated, 1920s-1980s

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Memorabilia and artifacts related to the Southern New England Telephone Company of Connecticut, including antique telephones, a climbing belt and lanyard used by a crewman, the cellphone used to make the first cellphone call in Connecticut, an employee service pin and Telephone Pioneers memorabilia, and "clothing" made from pages from the SNET Yellow Pages. Also includes a printing plate of the first telephone directory created in February 1878, of subscribers to the New Haven District Telephone Company, the predecessor of SNET.

8.0 Linear feet; Five boxes and one large wrapped antique telephone.

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6332593

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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Kennedy, Joseph, 1919-....

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On 27 April 1877, Alexander Graham Bell gave a demonstration of his new invention, the telephone, at Skiff's Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. This presentation piqued the interest and ingenuity of George Coy, a civil war veteran and manager for the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. On 3 November 1877, George Coy was awarded a Bell telephone franchise for New Haven and Middlesex counties. The New Haven Telephone District was created in 1878. After a long history of mergers and growth,...

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