{"product_id":"bell-system-metal-business-card-holder","title":"Bell System Metal Business Card Holder","description":"GhostCorp Apparel - resurrecting iconic corporate ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeep professional essentials close with a reference to one of North America’s defining communications enterprises. This Bell System metal business card holder is made for fans of Ma Bell’s corporate history, from early exchanges and long-distance service to Western Electric and Bell Labs. It brings a clean historic-telecom note to networking events, office desks, and meetings, while recalling the 1984 Baby Bell transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bell System was a North American telecommunications enterprise formed in 1877 around the Bell Telephone Company. That year, the American Bell Telephone Company opened the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut, and local exchange companies soon appeared in major U.S. cities. Alexander Graham Bell received a U.S. telephone patent on March 7, 1876. In 1899, American Telephone \u0026amp; Telegraph acquired American Bell's assets and became the system's parent company, overseeing a network that included local operating companies, AT\u0026amp;T Long Lines, Western Electric, and Bell Labs. Known colloquially as Ma Bell, the system used the Bell trademark from 1921 to 1969. A 1913 agreement with the federal government shaped its operations, while a 1956 consent decree imposed further limits. A Justice Department suit filed in 1974 ended in a 1982 settlement. 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