Mystery Illustration 13

Which corporation--still around today--felt that this technological monster symbolized all the services they provided, back in 1969?

The answer is here.

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 25, 2015
Category: Technology | Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings | 1960s

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Scroll down a couple pages and there's a review of one of the early albums of electronic transpositions of classical music. (They became very popular during this time period.) How early? Wendy Carlos is referred to as Walter Carlos.

Posted by A Nonny Mouse on 11/25/15 at 09:06 AM

I had Ma Bell or AT&T in mind.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/25/15 at 09:49 AM

Speaking on the moog article, I have the original Switched on Bach album in vinyl, an inheritance from my mother. I grew up listening to it on an old huge stereo box (about the size of a home-bar). I'm always surprised when people find things I grew up with like that. Though it's one very fine recording.

Posted by Alassirana on 11/25/15 at 01:36 PM

While I don't doubt that GTE operates in some fashion today, I can't recall seeing the logo on any consumer product lately. That said, the company sure fared a damn sight better than one of its largest rivals, Westinghouse.

Posted by KDP on 11/25/15 at 03:06 PM

KDP--quite accurate observation, and maybe I was somewhat misleading in saying they still existed. Here's the actual scoop:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTE#Merger_with_Bell_Atlantic

Posted by Paul on 11/25/15 at 04:55 PM

I did check the Wiki entry for GTE - I remember the company as mainly a telecommunications company with some consumer electronics, mainly phone sets when deregulation came along, in the mix.

The television adverts had a good catch phrase: "Gee? No, GTE."

Posted by KDP on 11/25/15 at 05:21 PM

I thought of IBM, wrong initials.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/25/15 at 05:26 PM

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