{"product_id":"pacific-northwest-bell-telephone-company-lot-of-9-pieces","title":"Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company (LOT OF 9 PIECES)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingGraphicRepresentativeCertificate.png?v=1700600339\" width=\"145\" height=\"80\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingGraphicGuaranteedAuthentic.png?v=1700587223\" width=\"145\" height=\"80\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/ListingGraphicOver50.png?v=1700590919\" width=\"145\" height=\"80\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"\u003ePacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eCertificate Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e7% 7-Year Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eDate Issued\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e1970's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eCanceled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003eYes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003ePrinter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican Bank Note Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eSignatures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003eMachine printed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eApproximate Size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e12\" (w) by 8\" (h)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003eLot of 9 pieces. Image is representative of the pieces in the lot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOn March 7, 1883, the Sunset Telephone-Telegraph Company opened for business with 90 subscribers. This first office was in rented space in the Western Union Telegraph office. Weeks later the company moved into its own building at the corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1899 the original company was reincorporated as the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company and continued under that name until 1917 when the Sunset Company (which had grown to provide service throughout Washington and northern Idaho) merged with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePacific Telephone \u0026amp; Telegraph and Pacific Northwest Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelephones began to crop up all over Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho. The first Seattle-Tacoma to Portland toll line was built in 1893. Assorted independent telephone companies set up competitive business throughout Oregon and Washington. With competition both the Bell and independent companies found it hard to do business and make money. Under the leadership of J. P. Morgan, the nation's most powerful banker, the Bell companies around the country began to buy out their major competitors. By 1924 The Pacific Telephone \u0026amp; Telegraph Company had acquired most of the independents' property along the Pacific Coast. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Bell operating company served customers in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn July 1, 1961, AT\u0026amp;T split off Pacific Telephone and Telegraph's operations in the Pacific Northwest as Pacific Northwest Bell. Its service territory included Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho (Southern Idaho was served by Mountain Bell). The new company's first major job was to build the world's most advanced telephone service to serve the Seattle World's Fair which was scheduled to open in less than ten months (April 21, 1962.) This was accomplished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAT\u0026amp;T Breakup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn January 1, 1984, as part of the breakup of AT\u0026amp;T, Pacific Northwest Bell, Mountain Bell and Northwestern Bell became part of U S WEST.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eRelated Collections\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/pacific-northwest-bell-telephone\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"120\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWPacificNorthwestBellTelephone_480x480.png?v=1701262062\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/telephone-telegraph\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWTelephoneTelegraph.png?v=1696248633\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/bell-telephone-system\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWBellSystem.png?v=1696248847\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/pacific-telephone-and-telegraph-company\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"120\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWPacificTelephoneTelegraph_480x480.png?v=1701259873\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/bell-telephone-system\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/american-telephone-and-telegraph-att\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWATT.png?v=1696248296\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/western-union-telegraph\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWWesternUnion.png?v=1701258035\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/seattle-washington\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"120\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWSeattleWashington_480x480.png?v=1701262320\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/tacoma-washington\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"120\" width=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWTacomaWashington.png?v=1696765968\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/washington\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconNEWWashington.png?v=1696766097\" width=\"130\" height=\"120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/san-francisco-california\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; 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