Southern New England Telephone (SNET) collection, undated, 1920-1990.

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Southern New England Telephone (SNET) collection, undated, 1920-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768319666

This collection is composed of memorabilia and realia from the collections of people who were employed by the company. The collection includes antique telephones and telephone equipment, include a climbing belt and lanyard of a lineman, an employee service pin and memorabilia of the Telephone Pioneers, a volunteer organization and service club made up of U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industry employees and retirees, a commemorative telephone directory, the cellphone used to make the first cellphone call in Connecticut, and a dress and a shirt made of pages from the SNET Yellow Pages.

8.0 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178037

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Southern New England Telephone Company

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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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McGuire, Jonathan H.

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