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On This Day in Telephone History May 18th 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History May 18th 1877 Alexander Graham Bell delivered Chickering Hall lectures in New York City. The three days of lectures ran from the 17th to the 19th. From the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company's office on Peace Street, New Brunswick, NJ, Thomas Watson spoke and sang to Bell who was on stage at Chickering Hall. The telephone also was exhibited at the American Institute Fair, 3rd Avenue and 63rd Street, New York, from about these dates to the end of May.

On This Day in Telephone History May 18th 1877 Alexander Graham Bell delivered Chickering Hall lectures in New York City. The three days of lectures ran from the 17th to the 19th. From the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company’s office on Peace Street, New Brunswick, NJ, Thomas Watson spoke and sang to Bell who was … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 16TH 1876

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On This Day in Telephone History May 16TH 1876 Thomas Edison Files First Patent Application for Acoustic Telegraphy. U.S. Patent 182,996 was granted October 10, 1876.

On This Day in Telephone History May 16TH 1876 Thomas Edison Files First Patent Application for Acoustic Telegraphy. U.S. Patent 182,996 was granted October 10, 1876.   🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Smile and the Whole World Smiles with You 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880

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On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880 the first telephone exchange in West Virginia opened at Wheeling. The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company installed a telephone switchboard in the basement of the Peoples Bank of Wheeling Building, establishing West Virginia’s first Central Office. Among Wheeling’s first telephone operators were Harry Drummond and Miss Mattie Miner.

On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880 the first telephone exchange in West Virginia opened at Wheeling. The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company installed a telephone switchboard in the basement of the Peoples Bank of Wheeling Building, establishing West Virginia’s first Central Office. One of Wheeling’s first boy operators was Harry Drummond … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 14TH and 15TH 1921

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On This Day in Telephone History May 14TH and 15TH 1921 Exceptional aurora borealis affected telegraph service. Powerful earth currents not only interrupted the direct current, grounded circuits used for Morse telegraphy, but burned out heat coils and charred cable insulation at many places in America and Europe.

On This Day in Telephone History, May 14TH and 15TH 1921, an Exceptional Aurora Borealis affected telegraph service. Powerful earth currents not only interrupted the direct current, grounded circuits used for Morse telegraphy, but burned out heat coils and charred cable insulation at many places in America and Europe.

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On This Day in Telephone History May 13TH 1916

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On This Day in Telephone History On May 13TH 1916 the first flag was flown from ATT’s Headquarters at 195 Broadway, NYC in honor of New York's Preparedness Parade. This was a United States flag, 25 x 40 feet in size, flown on a staff 137 feet above the roof-360 feet from the curb.

On This Day in Telephone History, May 13TH 1916, the first flag was flown from ATT Headquarters in honor of New York's Preparedness Parade. This was a United States flag, 25 x 40 feet in size, flown on a staff 137 feet above the roof-360 feet from the curb at 195 Broadway in NYC.

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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell gave a preview demonstration of “telephone over wire” from Brooklyn, N. Y., to the St. Denis Hotel at Eleventh Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village, New York City.

On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell gave a preview demonstration of “Telephone Over Wire” from Brooklyn, N. Y., to the St. Denis Hotel at Eleventh Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village,  New York City. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Smile for Us 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂