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Folder GTE Handbooks and Indices

Contains scans of the index sections of handbooks.  Documents contain an alphabetic index that lets you find a product by keyword and a numeric index to find a GSP by number.  Note that each handbook contained only the GSPs in common use at the publication date.  To learn the history of a product, several issues of a GSP (in several different handbooks) must be located and studied. 

Contributions of scans from more issues of each handbook are welcome. 

Documents

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pdf GTE Coin Telephone Collector's Handbook Aug82 (558 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.86 MB)
pdf GTE CHB-120 I11 Aug81 - Station Installation and Maintenence Handbook Index Ocr Op R (1316 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 656 KB)
pdf GTE CHB-130 I11 Aug81 - Coin Telephone Handbook Index Ocr R (743 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 541 KB)
pdf GTE CHB-160 I10 Nov80 - KTS Key Telephone Systems Handbook Index Ocr R (1363 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.58 MB)
pdf GTE CHB-157 I1 Oct80 - BICS Design Handbook (1295 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 2.05 MB)
pdf GTE CHB-140 I10 Sep80 - Line & Cable Placing Handbook Index (1367 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.12 MB)
pdf GTE Handbooks - Subject List with Publication Numbers (1225 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 17 KB)

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