First Telephone Directory
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Today in 1878, the New Haven District Telephone Company of New Haven published the world’s first telephone directory. It listed about 50 subscribers with no telephone numbers included.
In November 1878, the company, by then renamed The Connecticut District Telephone Company of New Haven, Connecticut, issued the world's first telephone book. This telephon…
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