The first "talkie" motion picture screened in Charlottesville was "The Barker," which debuted at The Jefferson Theater in May of 1929. Following the installation of the state-of-the art Western ...

The Allentown Western Electric plant opened in 1947, part of Bell Labs, the Bell Telephone System and AT&T, and it remained part of the Valley business landscape until 2003, when Agere Systems ...