[QuadList] More Bell OT history (was 'Re: OT--Found while Googling "Bell Tone"--Bell System Memorial website--')

[James Snyder]

And hey, if you're going down the Bell Telephone rabbit hole, learn 
about one of the Voices of the Bell System, Jane Barbe, and relive 
those days of Bell System old by listening to her voice!  One of 
Jane's predecessors, Mary Moore, is in the following set....

http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/recordedannouncements.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barbe


and if you REALLY want to geek out, listen to the sounds of the Bell 
System itself....

Vintage telephone network sounds part 1: (Mary Moore is in this recording)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgoIJ9UDm5E

Carolina Telephone Part 1 - Step with ESS tones in Washington NC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLR5aZs2Do

Enjoy phellow phone phreaks!

James
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James Snyder
Senior Systems Administrator
Library of Congress -
   National Audio Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC)
Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/


>While Googling "Bell Tone" in connection with the recording disc 
>thread, I ran across this Bell System Memorial website that might be 
>of interest:
>
><http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/bell.htm>http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/bell.htm
>
>Interesting reading here:
><http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/longlines.html>http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/longlines.html 
>involving television circuits, among others
>
><http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/whatkilledmabell.html>http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/whatkilledmabell.html
>
>Links:
><http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/references.html>http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/references.html
>
>and equipment manuals and Bell System Practices
><http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/bsp.html>http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/bsp.html
>
>There's also a connected Beatrice Foods memorial website and one for Borden.
>
>Ted
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