Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor, 1877 (1890). Artist: Unknown

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Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor, 1877 (1890). Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, lecturing at Salem, Massachusetts (top), while friends in his study at Boston listen to his lecture via telephone, 12 February 1877.

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Location: World,Suffolk,Boston,World,North and Central America,United States,Massachusetts,Essex,Salem
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