1978 Tonka Bell Systems Telephone Company Work Vehicle Large Truck Toy NEAR MINT

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T he American Bell Telephone Company, named after Alexander Graham Bell. Bell Systems history:Immediately before the 1984 break-up, the Bell System had the following corporate structure :American Telephone and Telegraph Company , a holding company and long-distance carrier Illinois Bell Telephone Company Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated Michigan Bell Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company New Jersey Bell Telephone Company New York Telephone Company Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company South Central Bell Telephone Company Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company Southwestern Bell Telephone Company The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia The Diamond State Telephone Company The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Malheur Home Telephone Company The Ohio Bell Telephone Company The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Bell Telephone Company of Nevada Wisconsin Telephone Company Other subsidiaries : Bell Canada (1880–1975) Northern Electric (equipment manufacturing in Canada) (1914–1956) Western Electric Co., Inc. (equipment manufacturing) Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. ( R&D (research & development), co-owned between AT&T and Western Electric ) Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (22.7% owned) The Southern New England Telephone Company (16.8% owned) Bellcomm , Inc. (1963–1972; formed to support the Apollo program ) 1984On January 1, 1984, the former components of the Bell System were structured into the following companies, which became known as the Baby Bells .American Information Technologies Corporation, branded as Ameritech Illinois Bell Telephone Company Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated Michigan Bell Telephone Company The Ohio Bell Telephone Company Wisconsin Bell , Inc. American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Communications , Inc. AT&T Information Systems , Inc. AT&T Technologies , Inc. Bell Telephone Laboratories , Inc. Bell Atlantic Corporation New Jersey Bell Telephone Company The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia The Diamond State Telephone Company Bell Communications Research , Inc. , owned equally by all the Baby Bells BellSouth Corporation Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company South Central Bell Telephone Company Cincinnati Bell , Inc. Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company NYNEX Corporation New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Pacific Telesis Group Pacific Bell Telephone Company Nevada Bell Telephone Company Southwestern Bell Corporation Southwestern Bell Telephone Company The Southern New England Telephone Company U S WEST , Inc. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Malheur Home Telephone Company TodayAfter 1984, there were multiple mergers of the operating companies themselves, as well as multiple Baby Bells that came together, and some components are now in the hands of companies independent from the historic Bell System. The structure of the companies today [ when? ] is as follows.Remaining "Regional Bell Operating Companies" AT&T Inc. , a currently existing holding company AT&T Corp. , a current subsidiary AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. (formerly Ameritech Corporation), a current subsidiary, also includes now defunct Pacific Telesis Illinois Bell Telephone Company, a currently existing regional LEC Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, a currently existing regional LEC Michigan Bell Telephone Company, a currently existing regional LEC Pacific Bell Telephone Company, a currently existing regional LEC Nevada Bell Tele... read more

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