Michigan Bell Telephone Company Photographs 1949-1983

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Michigan Bell Telephone Company Photographs 1949-1983

Photographs (positive and negative), slides, and transparencies taken by the company's photographers to document company activities, products, services, employees at work and at leisure, company exhibits and commemorations, and the response of the company to natural disasters and civil disturbances.

63 linear ft. in 92 boxes

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390579

Bentley Historical Library

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