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The Archivist: digging through a century of AT&T's history

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Published on Jan 3, 2013

A century of history: The Verge digs through AT&T's archives in a beige warehouse in New Jersey, from princess phones and the Telstar satellite to the artificial larynx.

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/3/3827...

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    Bo Stanford 5 months ago

    The travellings are so smooth... wonder what they used.

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    Jay2pt0 5 months ago

    This guy loves his job and that awesome. We should a be so lucky to find ourselves in a job this fascinating and stimulating that we like this much.

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    ahpadt 5 months ago

    Really cool

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    efthlouk 5 months ago

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  • Russell Fletcher

    Russell Fletcher 5 months ago

    Love the irony of the Death star (esq) sitting on the table here...

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    TANTASTIC4 5 months ago

    What tripod do you guys use? Every shoot is so smooth.

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    Shahe Dishakjian 5 months ago

    Whats the background music for this one?

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    Connall Daly 5 months ago

    well done Billy Disney! :) (see description)

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