Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago (LOC)

Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from New York to Chicago

 

[1892 Oct. 18, printed later]

 

1 photographic print.

 

Notes:

Alexander Graham Bell seated at table, speaking into telephone while a group of men watch.

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Business & Science section.

 

Subjects:

Bell, Alexander Graham,--1847-1922.

Telephone industry--1890-1900.

Telephones--1890-1900.

 

Format: Photographic prints--1960-1990.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.53147

 

Call Number: LOT 11533-B3-2 [item]

 

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