INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY INCORPORATED....DEBENTURE DUE FEBRUARY 2010

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Indiana Bell was founded in 1920 to function as the central Bell telephone company in the state of
Indiana
. It purchased the Indiana operations of the
Central Union Telephone
Company and also purchased
Indianapolis Telephone
Company. It continued to expand throughout the 1920s through acquisitions.
In 1930, Indiana Bell's headquarters building in Indianapolis was relocated 52 feet to the south and 100 feet west of its original location. The move was an engineering feat of its time.
Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the company continued to expand by acquiring many smaller telephone companies throughout the state.
After the 1984
Bell System Divestiture
, Indiana Bell became a part of
Ameritech
, one of the 7 original
Regional Bell Operating Companies
.
In 1990, the independent board of directors of Indiana Bell was dissolved.
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Forty Year 9% Debenture Due February 1,2010......Certificate Number RU-00943......In the Amount of ,000......Dated February 16,1970.....Certificate printed by Federated Banknote Company....Wide brown borders down both sides of the certificate.......Vignette upper left , features a telephone operator & telephone worker in front of a tall office building.....
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