  Expansion (10th plate in the series). It was often difficult to keep focused on your job when there were so many distractions taking place -- but you did ... This scene of expansion was played out in every part of the country. Artist, Mike Hagel has faithfully captured the spirit of its people, that enabled the Bell System to add a million new subscribers during 1922 and 1923 alone. "Expansion" is based on a 1923 Bell System ad depicting a time when the growth of telephone demand was so intensive it exceeded the growth of the U.S. population. |
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