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1901 antique scranton pa TELEPHONE ENGINEERING ICS COURSE electrical TELEGRAPH
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DESCRIPTION
Original 1901 International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, “The School of Telephone Engineering” illustrated course booklet advertising and explaining the school’s correspondence program in the installation and maintenance of telephone systems.
A particularly interesting piece of turn-of-the-century telephone, electrical engineering, vocational education and communications history, issued when telephone systems were rapidly expanding throughout the United States.
The booklet is 16 pages and measures approximately 6 x 9 inches. It was issued by the International Correspondence Schools, with the International Textbook Company identified as proprietor and Thomas J. Foster as president.
Contents shown include:
- History and origin of International Correspondence Schools
- Faculty officers and principals, including the School of Telephony and Telegraphy
- Photographs of the Scranton school buildings, faculty and students
- Reference Library supplied with the Telephone Engineering Course
- The Field of Telephony and demand for telephone engineers
- Training for telephone exchange installation and management
- Telephone engineering careers including managers, superintendents, operators, inspectors, linemen and repairmen
- Illustrated Complete Electrical Outfit furnished for practical work, including galvanometer, Wheatstone bridge, magnets, resistance coils, compass, wire and other apparatus
- Extensive synopsis of the course in electricity, magnetism, electrical measurements, batteries and telephony
- Telephone instruments, transmitters, receivers and calling apparatus
- Telephone switchboards and exchange systems
- Party lines and automatic signaling
- Poles, wires, cables and underground cable lines
- Testing and locating telephone-line faults
- Endorsements of the schools by Scranton-area officials and businessmen
- Students’ Aid Department
- Rear-cover list of the many ICS courses of study
The synopsis pages are especially detailed, covering early telephone technology such as magneto telephones, transmitters, receivers, switchboards, party lines, common-battery systems, automatic signals, line construction, aerial and underground cables, submarine cables, testing equipment and fault location.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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