Alexander Bell invented the phone in 1876
His invention created a need for Phone Books,
soon called
"White Pages" and "Yellow Pages".
Paper Whitepages were produced by many different Telecom companies
often
linked to a long and fascinating Post, Telegraph and Telephone History.
First printed on white paper they are now online.
1994Whitepages.com.au from Australia were the very first ones to get on the web
followed 1996 by Whitepages.co.nz from New Zealand. 2004Whitepages.fr from France were path setters
for Whitepages in over 50 countries.
Alexander Bell loved young people.
He invited them to Beinn Bhreagh / Canada
and helped them to make new inventions.
Bell had a special connection with Brazil. 1922 he told Aimee Sotto Maior, a beautiful young Brazilian girl "To stay young to need to have young friends"
Aimee followed his advice and this is how - almost a century later -
Whitepages of many many countries
started to come alive ...
1370 Home of the Villeroys, advisors of the Bourbons, Kings of France. 1588 Pied-a-terre for King Henri IV. 1646 Childhood place for King Louis XIV.
Start of a Telecom Adventure 1671 Foundation of "La Poste" turning into the Royal French Postal Services, 1700sLouis Leon Pajot and Anselm Franz von Thurn & Taxis (Postmaster in the logo) handle International Mail with their horses. 1715 If a letter was really important King Louis XIV came by in person
as he did not trust his entourage
At that time Mai Bukar Aji, the 25th king made the Kingdom of Mandara a sultanat.
He lived in the Mandara Mountains near the city of Mora
in the northern part of today's Cameroon.
1738 King Louis XV ends our Postal Activities. VB Spirit of Telecommunications falls asleep for a long long time
1869 Cremerie de Paris reopens as a Milk Store at the Halles food market, constructed with Empress Eugenie. 1876Alexander Graham Bell invents the Phone creating a need for Phone Directories, 1881 Bell comes to visit. 1887 Construction of the Eiffel Tower, the expressions White Pages and Yellow Pages start to be used.
In most countries Postal Organisations integrate Telephone & Telegraph networks. They become the "PTT".
Many State owned PTT start to print White Pages and Yellow Pages.
1910 The Romanov children grow up in Russia with fairytales around Cremerie de Paris. 1920Coco Chanel discovers Cremerie de Paris with Dmirti Romanov. 1921 Young Aimee de Heeren meets Alexander Graham Bell in Canada. 1938 Aimée de Heeren, sent as a Brazilian Secret Service agent, discovers Cremerie de Paris with Chanel.
Return of a Story ... Spirit of Telecommunications wakes up 1986Johannes, great x 6 grandson of the old Thurn & Taxis Postmaster (the Postman in the logo) comes to Paris.
He shows the former VB Postal mansion to a young student ...
The visit results in a small next door Repair Boutique for Sony Phones. Telecommunications are back. 1986 Internet comes alive, HP.com, TI.com and GE.com are the first Two Letter Domains. 1991VB.com follows. 1993 Sony Phones and a little jewel left by Coco Chanel make it possible to reopen Cremerie de Paris N°1 in the old VB Postal mansion. 1995 first Internet Cafe in Paris and US CallBack Telecom agency,
The difficult to find internet connection attracts impossible to meet US Tech Pioneers visiting the French capital.
One was on the first flight to the Moon, another one invented "dot com",
others still very young at the time created Brands that now return for Pop Up Store Expos.
since 2000Phone Book of the World 2004 The same Aimee de Heeren - already mentionned with Bell and Chanel - comes to the Cremerie webcafe for Internet lessons ...
The idea comes up to register
the Whitepages domains starting in France and Brazil.
The first Whitepages are programmed from the Internet Cafe during evening hours. 2011 Cremerie de Paris turned into a Pop Up Store Location
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