Picturephone
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Picturephone
First recorded in 1960–65
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This included prescient pieces ahead of their time, like the video-enabled AT&T Picturephone, and those that would never come to pass, such as the RCA Whirlpool Miracle Kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Visitors were dazzled by color-television demonstrations and the Picturephone, an early video-calling system that prefaced technologies developed decades later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The Picturephone, which was equipped with a video camera and a screen, allowed curious New Yorkers to chat with and simultaneously look at people using the same device in Anaheim, California.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2016
Space Objects Registry, Telstar has been orbiting the earth since its launch in 1962, when Bell Labs still held hope for the Picturephone.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2012
Two weeks ago A.T.&T. announced that it will soon cross yet another frontier in technology: it will put into public operation the world's first see-as-you-talk Picturephone service.
From Time Magazine Archive
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