AT&T Bell Laboratories

CTL-E-4113 · Institution · company · 20th century

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Research and development arm of AT&T; electrical engineer Jesse Russell worked there as a pioneer in cellular and wireless communications.

Notes

RELP94 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1060 affiliated_with. Identity-checked against canonical entities.json 2026-10-06: no collision.

Referenced by

Jesse Eugene Russell — affiliated with → this record
Marian Croak — affiliated with → this record
Shirley Ann Jackson — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Face2Face Africa - The Black Man Behind the First Digital Cell Phone (Jesse Russell)

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Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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