Alexander Graham Collection

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call between New York and Chicago, USA, 1892. Scottish-born American inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Alexander Graham Bell and assistant use an electrical detector to find a bullet in the torso of ail Artist: W Shinkle
Alexander Graham Bell and assistant use an electrical detector to find a bullet in the torso of ailing US President James Garfield, 1881, c1882, (1938)

Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Artist: Gilbert
Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, 19th century. Bell (1847-1922), who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. (Colorised black and white print)

Bell telephone, 1882. Artist: Alexander Graham Bell
Bell telephone, 1882. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

Elisha Gray, American inventor, presenting the caveat for his telephone, 1876, (c1890). Gray (1835-1901) arrived at the US Patent Office at 4pm on 14 February 1876

Wall mounted telephone, c1910. From Grande Encyclopedie Practique by Henri Desarces

Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1904. Women telephonists working while a uniformed boy messenger waits. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 17 April 1904)

Courting by telephone across Paris, 1883. An idea of one of the results of the invention of the telephone. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (The 20th Century) by A Robida. (Paris, 1883)

Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. Artist: John Tenniel
Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury) in conversation with the French President (Sadi Carnot). Cartoon from Punch

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The first London to Paris telephone conversation at the General Post Office, London. Bell instruments were used at the London end

Sketch of Alexander Graham Bells telephone of 1876. Artist: Alexander Graham Bell
Sketch of Alexander Graham Bells telephone of 1876. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man

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