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The Genius of the Reticent Inventor – Alexander Graham Bell

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Alexander Graham Bell made the first long-distance telephone call in 1892, reaching Chicago from New York photo: Stefano Bianchetti
07
Sep

by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher   “The Boston Advertiser prints an interesting account of an experiment in carrying out a conversation by word of mouth over a telegraph wire, made by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson. … In a distance of two miles, with Mr. Bell in Boston and Mr. Watson in Cambridge, conversation was […]

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Gavels 'n' Paddles: Early prototype telephone, $40,000, Bruneau & Co.

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Gavels 'n' Paddles: Early prototype telephone, $40,000, Bruneau & Co.
25
Sep

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall An original model of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson’s first telephone from 1881 sold for $40,000 at an Historical Telephone Auction held August 4th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, R.I. Also, a rare circa 1876 Bell Butter Stamp magneto telephone […]

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