Mayor Flaherty and the Picturephone

June 30, 1970

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Mayor Flaherty and the Picturephone
  • Title
  • Mayor Flaherty and the Picturephone
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • June 30, 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20190726-hpiasc-0007
  • Description
  • 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh Peter Flaherty having a conversation with Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) Chairman John Harper, in the inaugural commercial use of the AT&T Picturephone. Hosted by the Bell Telephone System at the Bell Telephone Building. According to the AT&T Tech Channel's AT&T Archives, the Picturephone launched in the City of Pittsburgh with 38 Picturephones used by 8 different companies, but by 1974 the number was reduced to 5 due to high costs. Nationwide only several hundred Picturephones were used, primarily in Chicago, which was the second city to offer service to the public after Pittsburgh. The AT&T Picturephone allowed users to both speak and see each other during conversation, but cost $160 per month for a single line.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Press conferences
    Video telephone
    Men
    Flaherty, Peter F., 1924-
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Central Business District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
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