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Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by nine other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Ned R. Powley of the Southern California Telephone Company hands a donation check to Mrs. Walter Hubner and Mrs. Edmund Jackson of the Community Chest, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Ned R. Powley (left) of Southern California Telephone Company makes a personal donation to Mrs. Walter Hubner and Mrs. Edmund Jackson (right) of the Community Chest Fund. Photo appears with the article "It's Early Bird That--Avoids Rush," Los Angeles Times, 01 Nov. 1927: A1.
Date:
October, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ned R. Powley of the Southern California Telephone Company hands a donation check to Mrs. Walter Hubner and Mrs. Edmund Jackson of the Community Chest, Los Angeles, 1927

Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by fourteen other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927

Description:
Southern California Telephone Company vice-president and general manager N. R. Powley sits at the head of a table with an old-fashioned "candlestick" telephone. He is accompanied by ten other seated men, some of whom are wearing headphones. Photograph was taken on the occasion of a 10-minute phone call between Powley and H. E. Shreve, assistant to the vice-president of the American Telegraph Company, in his office in London. At that time, the call set a world record for long distance transmission of a human voice.
Date:
[February 26, 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ned R. Powley and other officials of the Southern California Telephone Company on the occasion of a historic transatlantic phone call, 1927