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Official opening ot the Transcontinental Group of the Bell System, January 25, 1915. San Francisco Group.

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Image ID

98287


Item data

Title

Official opening ot the Transcontinental Group of the Bell System, January 25, 1915. San Francisco Group.

Collection

"The Pageant of America" Collection
v.4 - The March of commerce
(Unpublished photographs)
Telephone

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1860 - 1920 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: PoA (UnPub.), v. 4.13.010

Subjects

Telephone industry

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: left to right : G. E. McFarland, President, the Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co.; C. G. Moore, President, Panama-Pacific International Exposition; Thomas A. Watson; H. T. Scott, Chairman Bd. Of Directors, the Pacific Tel.. & Tel. Co.; James Rolph, Jr., Mayor of the City of San Francisco; Thomas B. Doolittle

Physical Description

Extent: 19.5 x 24.5 cm.

Identifiers

TMS ID: 123598
TMS Object Number: PoA (UnPub.), v. 4.13.010
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c45c6c10-c612-012f-359a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1860

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Official opening ot the Transcontinental Group of the Bell System, January 25, 1915. San Francisco Group." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860 - 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c45c6c10-c612-012f-359a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860 - 1920). Official opening ot the Transcontinental Group of the Bell System, January 25, 1915. San Francisco Group. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c45c6c10-c612-012f-359a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Official opening ot the Transcontinental Group of the Bell System, January 25, 1915. San Francisco Group." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c45c6c10-c612-012f-359a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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