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Vintage 1966 Telephone: "An Old Fashion Girl" Southwestern BELL Commercial Classic Short #7

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Vintage Jim Henson Commercials - C & P Telephone

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Southern Bell Telephone Company Building | Wikipedia audio article

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Partners in Progress (1954) Southern Bell Telephone Co.

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Southern Belle

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was once the Bell Operating Company serving the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina prior to the breakup of AT&T. The company was originally known as the Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, having been created to service citizens of Atlanta in 1879, before it was renamed in 1882.
  • Split into South Central Bell & Southern Bell 

  • Landmark sex discrimination case 

  • Reincorporation