Thanks, But No Thanks, Mr. Bell
The powerful Speaker of the House missed not one but two chances to invest in AT&T in the early daysJoseph G. CannonApril 1962 When ex-Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois retired from politics...
View ArticleTHE VOICE HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
"My God, it talks!” said the Emperor of Brazil. So the new invention did—but not until Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant had solved some brain racking problemsLincoln BarnettApril 1965On the...
View ArticleA Wrecker’s Dozen
February 1970There are places on this earth, in Europe particularly, where conservation is taken to mean the preservation of the notable works of man as well as nature. Magnificent old railroad...
View ArticleA Conquest Of Solitude
Robert V. BruceApril 1973Before, during, and after the work that made him famous—his invention of the telephone—Alexander Graham Bell was deeply involved in teaching the deaf. It was his first work,...
View ArticleThe Intrepid Mr. Curtiss
Stephen W. SearsApril 1975America has long been celebrated as a nation of inventive tinkerers. As President Grant’s patent commissioner remarked a century ago, “our merchants invent, our soldiers and...
View ArticleHindsight, Foresight, And No Sight
Peter BaidaJune/july 1985Late in 1876, William Orton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, rejected an opportunity to purchase from Alexander Graham Bell and his associates all patents...
View ArticleBreaking The Connection
The story of AT&T from its origins in Bell’s first local call to last year’s divestiture. Hail and good-bye.Peter BaidaJune/july 1985The history of telephone communications in the United States is...
View ArticleThe Pluck Heard 'Round the World
After Watson tweaked a transmitter reed, Bell invented the telephoneEdwin S. GrosvenorWinter 2010On a hot day in June 1875, 28-year-old Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, were...
View ArticleDigging Up James Smithson
Alexander Graham Bell traveled to Italy at the turn of the 20th century on an audacious mission to rescue the remains of the man whose legacy endowed the Smithsonian Institution.Nina BurleighSummer...
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