New Year's telephone party, 1882. Illustrating the popularity of Alexander Graham Bell's invention, patented in 1876. The novelty of the invention proved very popular, especially at parties. Listeners with "hearing tubes" could all hearing the same messag

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New Year's telephone party, 1882. Illustrating the popularity of Alexander Graham Bell's invention, patented in 1876. The novelty of the invention proved very popular, especially at parties. Listeners with "hearing tubes" could all hearing the same message from the speaker elsewhere.

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