GTE
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GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation, was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from
KarTrak Automated Car Identification system on a caboose in Florida
GTE Telecommunications Distribution Pedestal in Crescent City, California.
A manhole cover featuring the company logo in Hillsboro, Oregon
Bell System
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The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, that dominated the telephone services industry
GTE
…General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it was acquired by Bell Atlantic, which then changed its…
1912 Bell System advertisement promoting its slogan for universal service
195 Broadway, AT&T headquarters for most of the 20th century
The Spirit of Communication as used on the Bell System's directories in the 1930s and 1940s
Manhole cover with Bell System logo