December 18, 2008

Many pages now give you the ability to comment on the content. We've started by adding comments to the advertisements, but will add the feature to other pages in the future. The comments are powered by Google's Friend Connect. With Friend Connect you can "join" this site using your Yahoo!, Google, AIM or OpenID account.

December 9, 2008

Added Unseen forces behind your telephone to the Bell System Advertisements section. Also added There are 3,000 'bits' of information on this page to the Western Electric Advertisements section.

November 30, 2008

Added the Western Electric telephone reference page. It still needs some additional work.

November 25, 2008

Added a page about phonebooth cards -- posters or ads placed in telephone booths.

November 24, 2008

Added Dr. Alexander Graham Bell's original patent for the telephone. This includes the text and image versions of the patent.

November 23, 2008

Added AT&T Single Slot Panel Coin Telephone (2A) Announcement, a letter from AT&T announcing the availability of the new Single Slot Panel payphone.

November 22, 2008

Added a reference to Western Electric 1A2 Key Telephone Systems.

November 21, 2008

Added Facts About the Bell System, a booklet from 1950 describing the makeup and financials of the post-war Bell System. Also added an undated booklet, Earth Station for Communicating with Satellites, to the Bell System section.

November 20, 2008

Added Welcomes are warmer when you call ahead and You can telephone all over the world to the Long Distance Advertisements page. Also added Answering the nation's call and Busy... behind the lines to the National Defense Advertisements page and "Hello central" said goodbye here to the Independent Telephone Company Advertisements page.

November 17, 2008

Added Telephones are ubiquitous? and Wherever you walk or fly or drive or dock to the Public Telephone Advertisements page.

November 11, 2008

Created the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.