Box Elder News Journal | 1926-05-18 | Page 3 | Site of the First Phone Message

SITE OF THE FIRST PHONE MESSAGE ca IM N rt arzi 0 X em il r k ai FF ggs 4 fa ale ag 7 i I 1 p 0 walter alter S gifford left president of 0 the american telephone and telo tele ceaph company and leonard IL kinnard right president of the dell bell telephone company ot of pennsylvania and associated companies are shown standing on the exact spot where alexander graham bell first talked over his invention at the centennial exposition 60 50 years ago in the background can be seen memorial hall relic of the centennial and which la is now being used as a museum it was on this spot that don pedro then emperor of met the 2 year old ip lv and exclaimed my aly god it talks when he heard dells cells voice come over the wire the exhibits to be staged by the organization these men represent will be ba one of the great features ot of the sesquicentennial centennial international exposition which opens in philadelphia june I 1 and continues to december 1 to celebrate the anniversary ot of the signing ot of the declaration ot of independence