what years did they start with the telephone

[chong2]

i have a cool pice that i found that has phone 32 on it. the store which this came from was established 1898. around what year would this fall under?

 

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[Rob66]

Sounds right about that time.

 

[chong2]

wow, i didnt know that early, very cool. any idea what it is?

 

[Montana Jim]

1831 Michael Faraday proved that vibrations of metal could be converted to electrical impulses
1861 Johann Philip Reis built a apparatus that changed sound to electricity and back again to sound
1871 Antonio Meucci filed his patent caveat (notice of intention to take out a patent)
1874 A. G. Bell while working on a multiple telegraph, developed the basic ideas for the telephon
1875 Bell files first patent for improved telegraphy
1876 Bell and Watson transmit the first complete sentence
1876 Bell files patent application on February 14,. patent issues March 7
1876 Elisha Gray filed his patent caveat (notice of intention to take out a patent) on February 14,
1877 formed Bell Telephone Company to operate local telephone exchange operation
1877 first city exchange installed in Hartford, Connecticut
1879 irst exchange outside the United States was built in London, England
1880 invented the photophone, which transmits speech by light rays
1882 acquired a controlling interest in the Western Electric Company, Elisha Gray's company
1883 irst exchange linking two major cities was established between New York and Boston
1885 formed American Telephone and Telegraph Company to operate the long distance network.
1888 coin operated pay telephone was patented by William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut

 

[Gypsy Heart]

http://www.acmi.net.au/aic/BELL_FIRST_PHONES.html

 

[idahotokens]

The problem, of course, is that telephone numbers of this type were still in use until the 1970s in some areas, if I recall. Telephone numbers with just 1-4 digits or a short combination of letters and numbers indicate a "manual office" where an operator "Central" handled all calls. In the larger exchanges, automatic switching systems where the calling customer dialed their own number, were installed early in the 1900s, but some remote communities had manual offices for years. I think the last manual office was in Maine, but could well be wrong on that. Dating a token or medal (I presume this is what you have) by using telephone numbers is not generally very productive. Show us a pic of what you have and maybe somebody can do better.
John in ID

 

[chong2]

thanks jim, gypsy, and tokens.......... sorry i thought that the first were in the 20's/30's, i never researched it, and never had a reason too. maybe you can help me with my telegraphs that i have yes yes?where you fnd it it is...... if you think about it,,,,,,,,,,,,, mr bell was wanting to see his wife that late night transmission................... hmmmmmmm, and the dependents are................................

 

[Montana Jim]

thanks jim, gypsy, and tokens.......... sorry i thought that the first were in the 20's/30's, i never researched it, and never had a reason too. maybe you can help me with my telegraphs that i have yes yes?where you fnd it it is...... if you think about it,,,,,,,,,,,,, mr bell was wanting to see his wife that late night transmission................... hmmmmmmm, and the dependents are................................

Did you sleep those beers off yet? What are you saying? LMAO...

 

[Two Dogs]

Did you know that Bell also invented our metal detector?
Metal detector
Bell is also credited with the invention of the metal detector in 1881. The device was hurriedly put together in an attempt to find the bullet in the body of U.S. President James Garfield. The metal detector worked flawlessly in tests but did not find the assassin's bullet partly because the metal bed frame the President was lying on disturbed the instrument, resulting in static.[90] The president's surgeons, who were sceptical of the device, ignored Bell's requests to move the president to a bed not fitted with metal springs. Alternately, although Bell had detected a slight sound on his first test, the bullet may have lodged too deeply to be detected by the crude apparatus.[90] Bell gave a full account of his experiments in a paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) in August 1882.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

picture?

 

[Functional]

Just makes me wonder. Who invented telemarketing and why they didn't get shot?

F.

 

[sniffer]

we used four digit dialing for local calls until about 1992, and it still took until 1994 to get 911 service on our phone service and we only live ten miles from Wichita

 

[chong2]

LMAO, sorry about that, just disreguard my last comment, i cant even understand it, lol
here are some pics, sorry 4 the late reply. i found 2 of these, pretty close to the location of the store which still stands today, the building is a small antiques store, part of our historic downtown, ill maybe get a pic someday of it. the dispensers were dug at almost a foot, and most paint is intact, they were almost flattened all the way. it has to holes on the back, similar to a wall jack, except they are side by side. warren's drug store was one of the firsts stores of my hometown.

 

[mojjax]

Prophylatic dispenser

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Prophylatic dispenser

Good thinking. It could be some type of dispenser.

 

[chong2]

i didnt know that about the bell/detector, very interesting. yes, its some sort of dispenser

 

[root]

Was in Oklahoma once and dialed 9 to get an outside line and got the Elmer Dinkley residence.

HH,

root

 

[chong2]

am i missing something

 

[idahotokens]

The "dispenser" is a match box holder. Since everybody had to have matches handy to start the ol' wood stove in the morning, businesses, especially general stores, gave away these advertising holders to hang on the wall in plain sight by the stove. The box of wooden matches you can still buy today fit nicely in the holder.
John in ID

 

[chong2]

ahhhh, makes sense, i think thats close enough, thanks