***BELL SIGNS***

THE FIRST TELEPHONE SIGNS OF ANY TYPE WHERE ADVERTISING THE SERVICES OF THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AS THE BELL CO WAS, FOR THE MOST PART, THE ONLY TELEPHONE COMPANY IN TOWN SINCE THEY OWNED THE BELL TELEPHONE PATENTS. THE IDEA OF USING THE BELL AS THEIR LOGO WAS THAT OF AGNUS HIBBARD WHO IN 1889 MADE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A BELL LOGO AND ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL/BELL TELEPHONE.

THIS IS THE FIRST BELL LOGO PORCELAIN SIGN.
SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS LOGO THE WORD LOCAL WAS
ADDED AS SEEN THE THE TOP LEFT SIGN.
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IN 1908 THE WORDING "BELL SYSTEM" WAS ADDED UNDERNEATH
THE BELL LOGO. COLLECTORS CALL THIS THE '08 BELL. A SIGN WITH THIS LOGO WOULD DATE FROM 1908 TO 1921.
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---------------------------- ----------------------- IN 1921 THE LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SLOGAN WAS REMOVED AND BELL SYSTEM WAS MOVED ONTO THE BELL. THIS LOGO WAS IN USE 1921 TO 1939 AND IS KNOWN AS THE '21 BELL.
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IN 1939 THE BELL WAS RESTYLED WITH LESS DETAIL. THIS IS MOST NOTICED ON THE HANGER AT THE TOP OF THE BELL. THE SIGN IN THE MIDDLE MOUNTS FLAT ON A WALL. NOTICE THE GROMMETS AT THE 3 & 9 O'CLOCK POSITION FOR MOUNTING. THIS SIGN IS SEEN IN THE 7 TO 8 INCH SIZE. IT IS KNOW AS A HUBCAP SIGN. THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT HAS THE WORD "CONNECTIONS" UNDER THE BELL. THESE SIGNS WERE USED BY THE INDEPENDENT (NON BELL) PHONE COMPANIES TO INDICATE THEIR LINES CONNECTED TO THE BELL SYSTEM TOLL LINES.
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