Birthplace of the telephone: 109 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. On an upper floor of this building on June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell a

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Birthplace of the telephone: 109 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. On an upper floor of this building on June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson first transmitted sound over wires. Watson had twanged a clock spring in their experimental telegraphic device, and Bell heard the sound on a second device. On March 10th, 1876, Bell shouted the words, Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. Watson heard Bell's voice over their apparatus. This event marks the first use of a telephone. Photographed between 1915 and 1925.

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