A call away

Order Reproduction

A call away

Date6/20/1985

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: A call away: Kathy McLaughin of Cantel Inc. shows how portable the cellular telephone can be.

Subject

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017889F

Discover More

Ready to push away the old model? Take your time and poll the experts

Ready to push away the old model? Take your time and poll the experts

8/11/1972

Anonymous volunteers take their turns at the telephone answering calls from the lonely the heartsick and the suicidal in Toronto. But they don't give advice. They've learned to really listen

Anonymous volunteers take their turns at the telephone answering calls from the lonely the heartsick and the suicidal in Toronto. But they don't give advice. They've learned to really listen

4/4/1986

Break for the deaf: Wilma Kracko of Missisauga, deaf since she was 7, is making a call using Bell Canada's new relay service

Break for the deaf: Wilma Kracko of Missisauga, deaf since she was 7, is making a call using Bell Canada's new relay service

5/20/1987

'Long-distance' call

'Long-distance' call

2/28/1989

Done In: Former B.C. Attorney-General Bud Smith resigned his post after tapes of his cellular phone calls were made public

Done In: Former B.C. Attorney-General Bud Smith resigned his post after tapes of his cellular phone calls were made public

10/17/1988

Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881

Long lineage: The Oki 750, which can handle calls to five phone numbers, comes from a company founded in 1881

9/19/1990

Official telephone directory : Toronto and suburbs, 1905-May

Official telephone directory : Toronto and suburbs, 1905-May

1905-05

Diet Kitchen Tea Rooms, Bloor St

Diet Kitchen Tea Rooms, Bloor St

2/13/1955

Hogg Brothers, shop, Yonge Street, northeast corner Mill St

Hogg Brothers, shop, Yonge Street, northeast corner Mill St

1954

Empringham Hotel (1914), Danforth Avenue, southwest corner Dawes Road

Empringham Hotel (1914), Danforth Avenue, southwest corner Dawes Road

1954-07

Brantford has an edge in its battle with Boston, which also claims telephone's invention

Brantford has an edge in its battle with Boston, which also claims telephone's invention

6/27/1946

The Bell Homestead in Brantford is where Alexander Graham Bell carried out many of the experiments which led to development of the telephone. It's a National Historic Site now

The Bell Homestead in Brantford is where Alexander Graham Bell carried out many of the experiments which led to development of the telephone. It's a National Historic Site now

12/21/1970