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Birth of the Telephone Turns 100 in Boston Storytellers
On June 2 in Boston the century old birth of the telephone is recalled from the garret at 109 Court Street where Bell and Watson first tested “electric speech.” The piece traces Bell’s idea, the faulty harmonic telegraph, and the pivotal room scene that sparked modern communications as law and industry evolve toward new technology and antitrust actions.
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Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Court Street
Bell
Thomas A. Watson
Exeter Place
Mr. Watson
Charles Williams
Thomas A. Edison
Brantford
Ontario
Watson
United States
Bell System
American Telephone and _ Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
Chicago