On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of what would ultimately become a global telephone network.

“Mr. Watson, come here,” were the infamous words uttered by Alexander Graham Bell when he made his first successful phone call on March 10, 1876. It happened in Boston, at a boardinghouse at 5 Exeter ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of two telephones used by ...

It’s easy to take for granted just how much the invention of the telephone changed cultural norms. For instance, take the art of eavesdropping. As Mark Twain wrote in our June 1880 issue, “I consider ...

Have you ever wondered what the voice of the telephone inventor sounded like? An unplayable recording of Alexander Graham Bell was found by Smithsonian Institution researchers in 2013 at the National ...

Author and science journalist Seth Shulman contends that dodgy patenting in the telecom industry extends all the way back to Alexander Graham Bell Author and science journalist Seth Shulman contends ...

A tax dispute in Canada has turned into a referendum on history. Alexander Graham Bell's descendants have accused a tax adjudicator of bias after he suggested Bell isn't solely responsible for ...

These files consist of 3D scans of historical objects in the collections of the Smithsonian and may be downloaded by you only for non-commercial, educational, and ...

Trinity Church is finishing construction in Copley Square, while in Washington, Rutherford B. Hayes is set to become the nation’s 19th president (despite losing the popular vote). The Boston Globe ...

ONTONAGON, Mich. (WILX) - On this day in 1879, Michigan’s first independent telephone company was formed. The Ontonagon ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Alexander Graham Bell, 1876.

If we were to somehow pull a Bill & Ted and nab Alexander Graham Bell out of the time-space continuum to bring with us back to 2011, he probably wouldn’t even recognize that the tiny Apple-stamped ...