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Alexander Graham Bell |
A collection of original documents, journals and photographs. |
Credit line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family, |
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Young Bell with his family. |
Credit line: Alexander Melville Bell with his wife, Eliza Grace Symonds and their children, Melville James, Alexander Graham and Edward Charles]. [ca. 1852?] Reproduction Number LC-G9-Z1031. Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress . | ||
Drawing of telephone |
Bell drew this diagram to show how his invention would work. |
Credit line: "Alexander Graham Bell's design sketch of the telephone." ca. 1876. Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. |
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Thomas Edison and students at School for the Deaf |
Bell was a teacher at the School for the Deaf . Photograph of the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf, Boston .
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Credit line: Alexander Graham Bell at the Pemberton Square School in 1871", Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family,Reproduction Number LC-G9-Z1-130,726-A. |
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 Telegraph |
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Credit line: The Bettmann Corbis Archive/UPI/© Microsoft Corporation. | |
Kite Diagram |
Drawings by Alexander Graham Bell?, from September 1901 to July 17, 1911 |
Credit line: Box 205, "Subject File: Drawings by Alexander Graham Bell, 1881-1911." Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. | |
Bell in 1874 |
Alexander Graham Bell , head-and-shoulders portrait. |
Credit line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family, LOT 11533-B-2-18, 1874. |
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Bell calling Chicago in 1892. |
The first telephone call was the start of a great new technology. | CREDIT: "Alexander Graham Bell Speaking on the Phone, 1892." 1892. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family. |
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Notes from first call |
Bell's notebook entry on March 10, 1876, the day of the first phone call. | Credit line: Bell, Graham, Alexander. "Bell's Experimental Notebook, March 10, 1876." Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. | |
Bell with Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan |
Alexander Graham Bell provided assistance for the Keller family |
Credit line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family, Reproduction Number LC-G9-Z1 137 816-A. | |
Metal Detector Drawing |
Alexander Graham Bell worked on developing a metal detector when President Garfield was shot. | CREDIT: Bell, Alexander Graham. "Drawing." June 25, 1881. Alexander Graham Bell Papers, 1862-1939, Library of Congress. |
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Photograph of the June Bug |
Bell was interested in aviation and worked with others to develop flying machines. | Credit line: Box 148, "Subject File: Aviation--The Silver Dart" |
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Visible Speech Chart |
In 1864, Alexander Graham Bell's father, Alexander Melville Bell, developed the system called visible speech to help deaf people learn to speak normally. |
Credit line: Chart Undated. Box 196, "Subject File: The Deaf--Visible Speech--Nature & Uses." Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division , Library of Congress . | |
Edinburgh University, |
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Law by Edinburgh University. | Credit line: The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers,
Photography undated (Series: Subject File, Folder: Honors and Awards, Edinburgh University, Doctor of Law, undated) |
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Many of Bell's early phones are shown here. | Credit line: Adventures in CyberSound © Dr Russell Naughton 1995-2003 Version 2.6 July 27, 2003 |
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