Picturephones

Western Electric PicturePhone Model II

Published August 19, 2015 | By Remco

We thought you might enjoy this photo of the Western Electric PicturePhone Model II:

Western Electric PicturePhone Model II (June 1970)

“PICTUREPHONE® sets come rolling along conveyor belt toward final packaging at Western Electric’s Indianapolis plant. Most of Western Electric’s 19 plants funnel parts to Indianapolis for final assembly in preparation for the inaugural of PICTUREPHONE service on July 1 in Pittsburgh by the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.”

For more information about the Western Electric Picturesphones see:

http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/telephones-picturephone.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videophone
http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/70picture.html
http://long-lines.net/tech-equip/Picturephone/BLR0569/picturephone.pdf
PDF of the May 1969 Bell Labs Record about the Western Electric PicturePhone Model II

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Western Electric 1964, Model I, Picturephone

Published July 28, 2015 | By Remco

Last week Jerry & Chris managed to get one of our Western Electric 1964, Model I, Picturephones working. There is still work to be done but we hope to be able to put this on display at the JKL Museum.

For more information about the Western Electric Picturephones:

http://www.paul-f.com/wepic.html
http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/telephones-picturephone.html