THE FIRST
TELEPHONE
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
INVENTOR
BORN MAR 3,1847 IN EDINBURGH-EDUCATED IN EDINBURGH
AND GERMANY SETTLED IN CANADA IN 1870 IN U.S., 1872
AS INSTRUCTOR OF DEAF MUTES, HE DISCOVERED THE
PRINCIPLES OF TELEPHONY WHILE WORKING ON A
DEVICE TO USE IN HIS TEACHING ALSO INVENTED THE
GRAMOPHONE, FORERUNNER OF THE VICTROLA AND SEV-
ERAL KINDRED INSTRUMENTS HE DIED AUG. 9, 1922
C-STEPHEN ANDERSON
ST
OCT28
9-AM
1940
MASS
ALEXANDER
GRAHAM
BELL
109
-FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
N.Y.
Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave
Bronx
