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Bell Heritage Collectible Pin Set
 To commemorate the heritage of the Bell logo, the Verizon TelecomPioneers and other TelecomPioneer groups have partnered to produce a collectible set of six special lapel pins. Each pin is dated and set on a black velvet background and displayed in a clear acrylic case. An historical fact for each pin is described below. A perfect gift for any telecommunications history buff!
Price $20.95 plus shipping.

 
                     1889 - 1900                        1900 - 1921                       1921-1939
AT&T reaches its initial goal, opening a long distance line connecting New York and Chicago. The circuit could handle only one call at a time.
The price was $9 for the first five minutes.		 Theodore Vail begins
his second term as the
President of AT&T.
Vail develops the philosophy, strategy,
and the structure
that guides AT&T and
the Bell System for the
next seventy years.

The first broadcast
of a football game
(Univ. of Chicago
vs. Princeton) is sent
in October of 1922
over telephone wire
from Chicago to
New York City.

       
                            1939 - 1964                        1964 - 1969                      1969 - Present
AT&T Bell Laboratory scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invent the transistor, the first solid state amplifier or switch, and lay the foundation for modern electronics. The FCC reaches its Carterfone decision
which opens the way
for competition in the customer-owned
equipment market.
AT&T introduces 911
as a nationwide
emergency number.		 AT&T opens its first
Network Operations
Center in Bedminster,
N.J. achieving active
management of its
entire long distance
network from a single
location.