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Also check on-line sources, such as Google Books.  For example, find a 192 page Railway Supply Supplement, here:
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Also see the Northern Electric Catalog Cards collection: NECO Catalog Cards (or use the menu entry under "Browse the Library.")

WE Catalog Cards, ca. 1989 - A database of over 18,000 cards in over 500 categories, and dating from 2/28/1913 to 9/30/1989 is available on the Connections Museum site: http://catalog.spmh.us/ or on Sam Etler's site, with a slick user interface: http://www.telecomarchive.com/cc/

     Filenames indicate Category, Part Number, Card No for part, Card Date.
     Thanks to Astrid Smith, Connections Museum, Seattle (THG)

Documents

pdf 1900 New York Telephone Co. - General Catalog of Station Equipment Popular

402 downloads

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1900 New York Telephone Co. - General Catalog of Station Equipment

83 Numbered pages. NYT Common Battery, Magneto, Signs, Booths and Speaking Tubes. Contributed by Jon Kolger. Scanned by Tom Adams. OCR and bookmarks by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1934 BTL X-65518-011 i14 Apr32 - Tools and Gauges Popular

877 downloads

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X-65518-01_i14_Apr32_Tools_and_Gauges_for_Maintenance_Purposes_tci.pdf

37 pages. TOOLS AND GAUGES FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES IN LOCAL MANUAL CENTRAL OFFICES AND MANUAL PBXs.

Contributed by John Novack

pdf 1912 WE Catalog Bulletin No. 4 Aug12 - Central Battery Telephones Popular

2036 downloads

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1912 WE Catalog Bulletin No. 4 Aug12 - Central Battery Telephones
20 pages. AUG. 1, 1912. Models - 1293, 1294, 1296, 1357, 6000-type, 6002 ("donut"), variations, 7-A coin collector. Telephones for use with No. 1801 Switchboards. Many with 20-type upright desk stands. Circuit (wiring) diagrams. Contributed and scanned by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1929 WE Catalog 7 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies - Sec 1 T-859 Popular

1961 downloads

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1929 WE Catalog 7 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies - Sec 1 T-859

[VERY LARGE FILE] 133MB. 275 pages. Contributed, scanned and bookmarked by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and Processing by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1925 WE Catalog 6 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-797 r Popular

1629 downloads

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1925 WE Catalog 6 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-797 r

54MB. 354 pages. Contributed by Karl Brose. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1923 WE Catalog 5 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-667-A Popular

2340 downloads

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1923 WE Catalog 5 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-667-A

[VERY LARGE FILE] 173MB. 340 pages. High resolution for better image quality. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and processing by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1923 WE Catalog 5 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-667-A r Popular

1852 downloads

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1923 WE Catalog 5 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-667-A r

42MB. 340 pages. Contributed by Karl Brose. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1925 WE Catalog 6 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-797 Popular

1832 downloads

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1925 WE Catalog 6 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies T-797

[VERY LARGE FILE] 80MB. 354 pages. Contributed by Karl Brose. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1970 WE Apparatus and Equipment Catalog - Sec 1 - Jan70 - Adapters to Brackets Popular

1587 downloads

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1970 WE Apparatus and Equipment Catalog - Sec 1 - Jan70 - Adapters to Brackets

74 pages. Contributed by John Novack.

pdf 1930 NYTel - Telephone Equipment Services - PBXs and Turrets - Aug30 Popular

1298 downloads

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1930 NYTel - Telephone Equipment Services - PBXs and Turrets - Aug30

35 pages, August 1930. Contributed by Rick Walsh. Bookmarked by Paul Fassbender.

Includes cordless and dial PBX. 740-A, 740-B 740-C, 750-A, Typewriter Service, Portable Telephone Equipment, and Receiving Turrets.

pdf 1985 - ATT Public Phone Products Popular

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1985 - ATT Public Phone Products

14MB. 32 pages. ca 1985. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1929 WE Catalog 7 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies - Sec 1 T-859 r Popular

2069 downloads

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1929 WE Catalog 7 - Telephone Apparatus and Supplies - Sec 1 T-859 r

46MB. Contributed, scanned and bookmarked by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and Processing by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1974 BTL X-75515 Jan74 - Tools and Gauges Popular

1834 downloads

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1974 BTL X-75515 Jan74 - Tools and Gauges

50MB. 414 pages. Useful numeric index. Text-searchable reference. Bell Labs. Contributed by the Connections Museum. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 1939 WE Catalog 10 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable Popular

2950 downloads

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1939 WE Catalog 10 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable

[VERY LARGE FILE] 138MB. 300 pages. Contributed by Chuck Hensley.

pdf 1935 WE Catalog No 9 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable T-1152 r Popular

2392 downloads

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1935 WE Catalog No 9 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable T-1152 r

20MB. Western Electric No9. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR by Karl Brose.

pdf 1935 WE Catalog No 9 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable T-1152 Popular

2472 downloads

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1935 WE Catalog No 9 - Telephone Apparatus and Cable T-1152

[VERY LARGE FILE] 103MB.  No9. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR by Clint Gilliland.

pdf 1916 WE Catalog No 3 - Telephone Apparatus And Supplies T-401 r Popular

2624 downloads

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1916 WE Catalog No 3 - Telephone Apparatus And Supplies T-401 r

22 MB. 407 pages. No3. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR and size reduction by Karl Brose.

pdf 1916 WE Catalog No 3 - Telephone Apparatus And Supplies T-401 Popular

2741 downloads

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1916 WE Catalog No 3 - Telephone Apparatus And Supplies T-401

[VERY LARGE FILE] 112 MB. 407 pages. No3. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and size reduction by Clint Gilliland.

pdf 1912 WE Catalog Bulletin No. 12 - Telephone Apparatus and Accessories Popular

3463 downloads

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1912 WE Catalog Bulletin No. 12 - Telephone Apparatus and Accessories

13MB. 94 pages. Contributed by Chuck Hensley.  OCR by Clint Gilliland

pdf 1907ca Weco Telephonic Apparatus And Supplies Catalog - ocr r [Large File] Popular

7777 downloads

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1907ca Weco Telephonic Apparatus And Supplies Catalog - ocr r [Large File]

Unmarked first edition, 167 pages, circa 1906 or 1907.  A Telegraph Edition with 10 extra pages of telegraph apparatus is dated 1908, has 179 pages and is available on Google Books (when this was written).  The second edition is clearly marked and dated 1908.

Collector Kevin Duck reports that a tell-tale difference between the editions is the 143 receiver shown on page 64 of the first edition.  (The hard rubber case version is numbered 144 in the second edition.)

WE Catalog 3 (1916) is the first numbered catalog in this series. Collectors have attributed #1 and #2 to earlier catalogs. Some call this #1 and the second edition #2.  No2. Others believe both are editions of #2 and that there is an earlier #1. 

Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR by Clint Gilliland. 

 

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