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AT&T/Bell Telephone Company employment opportunity ad, 1972.
#technology#telecommunications#advertisement#AT&T#Bell Telephone Company#Alana MacFarlane#San Rafael#California#USA#1972
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Teledystopia
@teidar dropped this in our Discord server this morning, and it reminded me of something from my middle school years.
Back in the '70s, we had an assembly at my school to listen to a presentation by some shill from The Phone Company about telephone technology and the Dazzling Amazing Future of Telecommunications.
(Like I said, it was the '70s.)
It included a pretty accurate version of compact portable phone technology.
"You'll never be out of touch! People will always be able tp reach you, wherever you are! You could be surfing on the beach at Maui, and your boss could call you to talk about work!"
He seemed utterly baffled when someone asked, "what if you don't want people to call you? Who wants their boss to call them on vacation?"
How could anyone not want this glorious future utopia of constant communication?
I will note that his version of Amazing Future Phones were strapped to your wrist at all times. Someone asked, "couldn't you just take your phone off and leave it in your hotel room?" and he answered, "well, no, you couldn't."
I suspect that whoever wrote up his presentation never really thought about these questions, but I've never forgotten that at least one guy at The Phone Company literally wanted to chain these fucking things to your wrist.
#cell phone#landlines#teledystopia#AT&T#The Phone Company#this was back before the break-up so there was really only one
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Two Phones That Ring As One...
Bell System Telephones, 1966
#60s ads#vintage ads#retro ads#60s telephones#1966#1960s#60s#sixties#mid 1960s#60s advertising#vintage advertising#60s phones#bell system#bell telephone#at&t#60s tech#magazine ads#better homes and gardens
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#May His Memory Be a Blessing#Mark Klein#AT&T#Whistleblower#NSA#Mass Spying#Privacy#Surveillance#News
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AT&T Genesis Telesystem (1984)
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co, 1962
#Bell System#ad#1962#AT&T#vintage#advertisement#1960s#bedroom extension#wall phone#advertising#60s decor#retro
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(1970s) Mod II by AT&T / Bell Labs was the first picture phone to exist on the market. Not only did it connect phone to video, but users were able to share documents with each other !
#techcore#technology#vintage tech#computing#retrocomputing#old tech#retro tech#at&t#vintage phone#70s#tech history#computers#vintage telephone#old telephone#pngs#png#alt text#chrome#retro futurism#retro futuristic#old computers#digicore#webcore#old internet#early internet#2000s web#1970s#curators on tumblr#techinnovation#picture phone
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📸 Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times
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Indiana Bell Switching Center, Columbus, Indiana, 1976.
Architect: Paul Kennon/Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS)
Photography: Carol M. Highsmith
#architecture#modernism#Paul Kennon#Caudill Rowlett Scott#Indiana Bell Telephone Company#AT&T#Indiana Bell Switching Center#photography#Carol M. Highsmith#Columbus#Indiana#USA#1976
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Interview for the AT&T Block Party
#lesbian#lgbtq#renee rapp#reneé rapp#queer#young ex wives#leighton murray#regina george#slocg#mean girls 2024#trampoline#queen elizabeth ll#at&t#silly blonde psycho#block party#march madness#pre show
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Surround Yourself with Phones...
Bell Telephone System, 1964
#60s ads#vintage ads#60s phone ads#bell telephone#1964#1960s#60s#sixties#mid 1960s#60s advertising#vintage advertising#60s phones#at&t#rotary phones#retro ads#60s tech#tech ads
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New radar sky-watch to guard arctic frontier. Western Electric ad - 1952.
#vintage illustration#vintage advertising#american industry#cold war#cold war era#war production#military industrial complex#war supplies#u.s. military#western electric#military supplies#communications#technology#military communication#fire control systems#the bell system#radar#electronics#vintage electronics#ews#early warning system#bell labs#at&t#united states air force#u.s. air force#dew line
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#advertising#apple#art#at&t#cellphone#cell phone#design#frutiger aero#graphic design#graphics#home screen#icons#iphone#mobile.#old phone#old tech#iphone g3#phone#photography#print#tech#technology
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