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Telephones Take Coweta County by Storm in 1957 by Kati Ferrell
Coweta County, Georgia: A Pictorial History, Volume II. Submitted by Helen Knight Myers of Newnan.
This is a photograph of a Southern Bell work crew about to install the dial system in the summer of 1957. The dial system was only a sparkle in Alexander Graham Bell's eye when he and his brother created the first "talking machine" in 1862. In 1876, the first two-way conversation was had, and this was just the beginning of an invention that most of the world could not live without today. After this, telephones were installed in many places, however, when wanting to make a phone call, one had to speak to an operator first. In the mid 1900s, a break-through invention, the rotary dial system, was introduced to the world. This type of system allowed every phone, every house, or every store to have a different number and could be called directly without having to speak with an operator. Grant it, this put many people out of jobs, but it opened some of the largest telephone companies that are still in operation today. In this photo, the second man from the left is my grandfather's cousin, and he worked with Southern Bell through all of these improvements in the system. He retired from Southern Bell after 40 years or so and died a few years later.
Grosvenor, Edwin S. and Wesson, Morgan. Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1997: 12-13
To read more about the rotary dial please visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial
Telephones Take Coweta County by Storm in 1957 by Kati Ferrell
Coweta County, Georgia: A Pictorial History, Volume II. Submitted by Helen Knight Myers of Newnan.
This is a photograph of a Southern Bell work crew about to install the dial system in the summer of 1957. The dial system was only a sparkle in Alexander Graham Bell's eye when he and his brother created the first "talking machine" in 1862. In 1876, the first two-way conversation was had, and this was just the beginning of an invention that most of the world could not live without today. After this, telephones were installed in many places, however, when wanting to make a phone call, one had to speak to an operator first. In the mid 1900s, a break-through invention, the rotary dial system, was introduced to the world. This type of system allowed every phone, every house, or every store to have a different number and could be called directly without having to speak with an operator. Grant it, this put many people out of jobs, but it opened some of the largest telephone companies that are still in operation today. In this photo, the second man from the left is my grandfather's cousin, and he worked with Southern Bell through all of these improvements in the system. He retired from Southern Bell after 40 years or so and died a few years later.
Grosvenor, Edwin S. and Wesson, Morgan. Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1997: 12-13
To read more about the rotary dial please visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial