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Box 8

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

Castle Rock TT&C [Telemetry Tracking & Control], 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

TT&S, the satellite subsystem, which stores and analyze data collected by satellite and controls its various systems, located in Castle Rock, CO: outer views at daytime and at night; men working at computer terminals.

Dates: 1981

Chicago Earth Station - IBM, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

Antenna installation on the rooftop of the IBM Building in Chicago: the Midwest helicopter lifting antenna to the roof; daylight and night rooftop views from the neighbor building; men working on antenna fastening.

Dates: 1981

Chicago Skyline with Earth Station, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

Outer views of TT&C station building at Clarksburg, MD; antennae views; computer center work.

Dates: 1981

Clarksburg TT&C, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

TT&C station building at Clarksburg, MD; antennae views; computer center work.

Dates: 1981

Comtech Laboratories, Inc. facilities, 1977

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

Interior views of Comtechs buildings and a brief description of the Comtechs facilities with images of buildings exteriors.

Dates: 1977

Earth Stations, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

Men staying at the door of the earth station equipment booth.

Dates: 1981

Frederick Building, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

View of the antenna placed on the top of the entrance canopy of the Frederick building in McLean, Virginia; and a view of the antenna seen through the office window.

Dates: 1981

Marshall Building, 1981

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 22
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

Architectural renderings and views of newly built SBS headquarters in McLean, Virginia.

Dates: 1981

National Network City Earth Stations Album, circa 1980s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 23-24
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

City skylines and rooftop views of SBS customer premises earth stations in major cities. Organized by city name in alphabetical order: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

Dates: circa 1980s

Negatives by City, circa 1980s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 25
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XXIV.-C.
Scope and Contents note:

SBS earth stations and rooftop views at: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and St. Louis.

Dates: circa 1980s

MCI site aerial views, 1984 April 16

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

MCI sites in Williamston, Fountain Inn, and Oakway, South Carolina and Carnesville, Georgia prepared for MCI by Elmore Electronics, Inc.

Dates: 1984 April 16

Northern Telecom Agreement Signing Photographs, 1982

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

T. Leming and Orville Wright signing an agreement with Northern Telecom which was partly owned by Bell Canada, and supplied MCI with 62,000 miles of fiber optic cable.

Dates: 1982

Telecommunications Equipment: Fujitsu Equipment, 1984

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

In the early 1980s, MCI purchased from Fujitsu America, Inc. microwave, multiplex, and fiber optics equipment for expansion and renovation of its network.

Dates: 1984

Telecommunications Equipment: General Electric Company Equipment, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

General Electric Co., Ltd. of England was one of the companies, which in the early 1970s supplied MCI with telecommunications equipment via purchasing and leasing and also guaranteed its debts to the bank consortium.

Dates: undated

Telecommunications Equipment: Hughes Communications Equipment, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

Images of Hughes telecommunications equipment. Hughes Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Hughes Aircraft Company, and was involved in the domestic communication satellite business by constructing and operating a common carrier satellite system.

Dates: undated

Western Telecommunications, Inc. (WTCI) Installation,, 1981 May

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-XVI.-B.
Scope and Contents note:

Images of WTCI Radio installation at Slide Mountain, Nevada.Starting from 1975, MCI leased facilities from cable television company WTCI to provide microwave services to Los Angeles and Denver. In June 1978, MCI purchased the segments of WTICs system between Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego, and Los Angeles and between Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno, Sacramento, and San Francisco.

Dates: 1981 May