New Jersey Bell Telephone Company

  Product Details Company New Jersey Bell Telephone Company Certificate Type Debenture Bond Date Issued March 15, 1950 Canceled Yes Printer American Bank Note Company Signatures Machine printed Approximate Size 10" (w) by 15" (h) Product Images Representative of the piece you will receive Authentic Yes Additional Details NA Historical Context The New Jersey Bell Telephone Company was originally known as the Delaware & Atlantic Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1927, the company purchased all of the New Jersey properties of the New York Telephone Company and was renamed the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, a subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company.On January 1, 1984, with the divestiture of AT&T and break up of the Bell system, New Jersey Bell became part of Bell Atlantic. In 1997, Bell Atlantic acquired NYNEX – becoming the second largest phone company in the United States (behind AT&T). In 1998, Bell Atlant