Evan Doorbell's Phone Tapes – Brought to You by Telephone World
Telephone World is hosting a collection of 'phone tapes' recorded by Evan Doorbell, documenting the technical and social history of the 1970s telephone network. The archive includes both narrated and raw recordings that capture the sounds and operations of the legacy phone system.
Why it matters
These recordings serve as a unique cultural and technical archive for enthusiasts interested in the history of telecommunications infrastructure.
Evan Doorbell’s Phone Tapes are a well known “documentary” of how the phone system used to be like in the 1970s. Evan has recorded many hours of “phone tapes” of the old phone network.
Evan has graciously allowed Telephone World to host his narrated tapes as well as some of his newly released unnarrated “raw tapes”.
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