On This Day in Telephone History June 3RD 1875 The first "gallows type" telephone tested by Bell and Thomas A. Watson in an attic room at 109 Court Street. It transmitted recognizable speech sounds, but not intelligible speech.

On This Day in Telephone History June 3RD 1875

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On This Day in Telephone History June 3RD  1875 The first “gallows type” telephone tested by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson in an attic room at 109 Court Street.

It transmitted recognizable sounds, but not intelligible speech.

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