westernelectric

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26_0069033 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    To the right of the phone, that may be the master station for a Dictograph or Metrocall intercom. I can't find a photo matching this one.

26_0070864 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    The PBX behind this looks like a Western Electric 702 (step-by-step, electromechanical) which were very popular in Pacific Telephone territory at the time. I have a tough time telling 701, 702, and 740s apart. Note that all 1970s-era Rohr Chula Vista images show rotary dials, suggesting step-by-step.

    The plugs and jacks look like bantams rather than quarter-inch phone plugs. Do you agree?

    In some installations, long distance calls tripped a mechanical counter. There would be a backboard with a bunch of mechanical counters. Each counter registered ZUM Units or something billable. Somebody from Pacific Telephone would come in with a Polaroid once a month and take photos. The photos would be how the user was billed.

    You can almost hear that 600 Hz + 120 Hz dialtone...

26_0070208 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Looks like a Western Union Telegram form at lower right. A binder at lower right says, "Chase Manhattan." It might be accounts payable or accounts receivable?