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First Transcontinental Call

First Transcontinental Call

First Transcontinental Telephone call was submitted by a telephone of this type January 25, 1915. Mr. Theodore N. Vail, President American Telephone and Telegraph Company talked from Jekyll Island, Georgia to Mr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone in New York; Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Mr. Bell in San Francisco; and to President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C.

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Tim Walleker.

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👤 Submitted by a telephone of this type January 25 1915 Mr Theodore N Vail President American Telephone and Telegraph Company talked from Jekyll Island Georgia to Mr Alexander Graham Bell inventor of the telephone in New York Thomas A Watson assistant to Mr Bell in San Francisco and to President Woodrow Wilson in Washington D C Plaque courtesy Lat34North com Original page with additional info here Photo credit Tim Walleker 📅 2016-04-12

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