Pioneer Triangle Relic

[Rob_R]

Cool little find.  A key ring medallion from the Telephone Pioneers of America.  "From the very first, the Pioneer symbol was a double triangle around the words “Telephone Pioneers of America,” and, in the center, the Bell system’s traditional bell.  Appearing on the bell is number 174,465, the United States patent number given to the Bell’s fundamental principle of the electric speaking telephone.  In 1912, two other numbers appeared on the symbol, flanking the lower corner of the bell.  The date 1875 commemorates the experiment of June 2, when Bell verified the theory of the electrical transmission of speech; the second date, 1911, the organization of the Telephone Pioneers of America."

 

 

[JCR]

That's pretty neat.

[Valens Legacy]

Nice find and congrats for saving a piece of history.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[rvpopeye]

That's different 👍 !  Your research was interesting. 🧐

Are you going to put it back in use again ?

 

 

 

 

[Rob_R]

2 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

That's different 👍 !  Your research was interesting. 🧐

Are you going to put it back in use again ?

I'll display it but won't use it.

[TampaBayBrad]

I did 21 years with A.T. & T., The Telephone Pioneers is a great organization doing a lot of volunteer work in a lot of cities across the country. Chapter 22 in Texas is still going strong today. Your find circa 1983 was one year before the forced break up of the Bell system in 1984.