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ILLUSTRATIONS
- ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S FIRST TELEPHONE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frontispiece - FIRST EXCHANGE SWITCHBOARD WITH TWENTY
CIRCUITS, EQUIPPED IN 1878. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - FIRST BELL TELEPHONES, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE
ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE PATENT OFFICE
AT WASHINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL IN 1876. . . . . . . . . 28
- THOMAS SANDERS IN 1878, AT THE TIME WHEN HE
WAS SOLE FINANCIAL BACKER OF THE TELEPHONE. . . . . 28 - GARDINER G. HUBBARD IN 1876. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
- THOMAS A. WATSON IN 1878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
- FACSIMILE OF CONTEMPORANEOUS NEWSPAPER
ACCOUNT IN Boston Advertiser OF FIRST TELEPHONE
CONVERSATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - THEODORE N. VAIL IN 1878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
- W. N. FORBES, FIRST PRESIDENT OF BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 - CHAUNCEY SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
- JAMES J. STORROW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
- THOMAS D. LOCKWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
- J. J. CARTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
- BROADWAY AND JOHN STREET, NEW YORK, IN 1890,
SHOWING THE DENSITY OF OVERHEAD WIRES . . . . . . .128 - BROADWAY AND JOHN STREET, NEW YORK, AS IT APPEARS
WITHOUT OVERHEAD WIRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 - BACK SECTION OF MODERN SWITCHBOARD . . . . . . . . .142
- CHARLES E. SCRIBNER, TO WHOM THE PERFECTION OF
THE SWITCHBOARD IS LARGELY DUE. . . . . . . . . . .144 - SECTION OF TYPICAL NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 - ENOS M. BARTON, FOR FORTY YEARS THE HEAD OF THE WESTERN ELECTRIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
- JOHN E. HUDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
- EDWARD J. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
- FREDERICK P. FISH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
- DETAILS OF LAYING TELEPHONE CABLES IN NEW
YORK STREETS: BENDING THREE-INCH IRON PIPES
FOR 38TH STREET SUBWAY — ROCK DRILLERS IN
TRENCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 - OPENING OF CHICAGO-NEW YORK LONG-DISTANCE
LINE, 1893, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AT TELEPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 - A SUBWAY LAID WITHOUT BOTTOM CONCRETE. . . . . . . .238
- EXTERIOR OF NEW CHINESE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE,
SAN FRANCISCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252 - INTERIOR OF NEW CHINESE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE,
SAN FRANCISCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262 - THEODORE N. VAIL, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . .274 - ANDREW CARNEGIE TALKING FROM WASHINGTON,
D. C., TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANQUET, NEW
YORK CITY, DECEMBER 20, 1909. . . . . . . . . . . .282
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