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  2. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Kenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This format was in use from the 1920s through the 1950s, and was phased out c. 1960. BALdwin 6828 is an urban 3L-4N example, used only in the largest cities before conversion to ...

  3. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building

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    Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building. /  38.89889°N 77.02833°W  / 38.89889; -77.02833. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is a historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

  4. C&P Telephone - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, is a former d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia . Today, three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC), The Chesapeake ...

  5. 1952 Washington, D.C., UFO incident - Wikipedia

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    The 1952 UFO flap was an unprecedented rash of media attention to unidentified flying object reports during the summer of 1952 that culminated with reports of sightings over Washington, D.C. [3] [4] In the four years prior, the US Air Force had chronicled a total of 615 UFO reports; During the 1952 flap, they received over 717 new reports. [5]

  6. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Wikipedia

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. /  38.89861°N 77.02472°W  / 38.89861; -77.02472. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library ( MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), constructed and named in honor of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

  7. Bell Labs - Wikipedia

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    Origin and historical locations Bell's personal research after the telephone Bell's 1893 Volta Bureau building in Washington, D.C.. In 1880, when the French government awarded Alexander Graham Bell the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs for the invention of the telephone (equivalent to about US$10,000 at the time, or about $330,000 now), he used the award to fund the Volta Laboratory (also known as ...

  8. Category:1958 in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1958 in Washington, D.C." The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Mobile view; Developers;

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