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Alexander Graham Bell: radio speech

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Title
Alexander Graham Bell: radio speech
Names
Watson, Thomas Augustus, 1854-1934 (Speaker)
Collection

General Audio Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1925-12-08
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LK-16 960
Topics
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Telephone -- United States -- History
Genres
Radio programs
Speeches
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded New York 1925 December 8
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: 1 audio disc (10 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, shellac, mono ; 16 in.
Description
Radio speech by Thomas Watson dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875, that he developed from the acoustic telegraph.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 921158841
Publisher's music plate number: M-79
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20796117
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 41899290-b919-0133-2540-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1854: Creator Born
  • 1925: Created
  • 1934: Creator Died
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Alexander Graham Bell" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1925. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45372a30-b919-0133-e491-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Alexander Graham Bell" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45372a30-b919-0133-e491-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1925). Alexander Graham Bell Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45372a30-b919-0133-e491-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Alexander Graham Bell