Karl Taylor Compton placing first call on new telephone system, 1942

Object summary

Title: Karl Taylor Compton placing first call on new telephone system, 1942
Object ID: GCP-00000147
Date made: 1942-04-11
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, 3-208
Maker: MIT Photo Service
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton places the first phone call on MIT's new telephone system as guests look on. Technology Review, May 1942, p. 323.

Original Caption: "President Compton puts through the first call as the Institute's telephone system enters dial operation. Seated at the right is John J. Robinson, President of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Standing, from left to right, are Carlton E. Tucker '18, Professor of Electrical Engineering; Delbert L. Rhind, Bursar; Francis A. Barrett, '24, President-elect of the Alumni Association and publicity director of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company; and Edward L. Moreland, '07, Dean of Engineering."