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First transcontinental telephone call. Alexander Graham Bell, in New York City, repeated his famous statement "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you," into the telephone, which was heard by his assistant Dr. Watson in San Francisco, for a long distance call of 3,400 miles. Dr. Watson replied, "It will take me five days to get there now!" The Alexander Graham Bell call officially initiated AT&T's transcontinental service. Left to Right: U.N. Bethell, Senior Vice-President American Telephone & Telegraph Co., presiding; Hon. George McAneny, President Board of Alderman, New York City; John J. Carty, Chief Engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Alexander Graham Bell, John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor of New York; C.E. Yost, President of Nebraska Telephone Co., Omaha; Hon. William A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City of New York In front of Dr. Bell is the replica of his original telephone. In front of Mr. Bethell is the glass case containing a piece of the wire over which Dr. Bell and Mr. Watson carried on the first telephone conversation in the world. |
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| Date | Taken on 25 January 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||
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First published in Scientific American & Bartlett-Orr press in 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||
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People
From left to right are:
- John Joseph Carty (1861-1932), chief engineer of AT&T
- George Francis McAneny Jr. (1869-1953), president of the New York City board of aldermen
- Union Noble Bethell (1859-1933), vice president of AT&T
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
- John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918), mayor of New York City
- C. E. Yost, president of Nebraska Telephone Co.
- William Ambrose Prendergast (1867-1954), comptroller of NYC.
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