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Western Electric Picturephone Evolution

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Picturephone concept 1956 1956

Concept from Pacific Telephone Magazine, 12/56

Uses a WE 592 speakerphone (see photo)
WE Picturephone concept 1959 1959

Concept from Southwest Telephone News, 1/59
Picturephone concept
1963

Video phone concept

From a photo used in the October 1963 issue of Western Electric News Features.

(Courtesy of Wayne Merit)
Wall picturephone concept
ca. 1964

Wall panel picturephone concept model.

Packaged in a briefcase for the travelling pitchmaster.

(Photo courtesy of Rick Walsh)
WE Picturephone 1966
1966

Picturephone

From Bell Telephone Magazine, Spring 1966
WE Picturephone 1969
1969

Picturephone

From Bell Labs Record, May/June, 1969





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