Telephone Lines P.3
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- Created Date
- 1915-01-25
- Description
Participating in the ceremonies in New York for the opening of the first transcontinental telephone line on January 25, 1915 were: (from left) John J. Carty, chief engineer of AT&T; George McAney, president of the New York Board of Aldermen; Union N. Bethell, senior vice president of AT&T; Alexander Graham Bell; Mayor John Purroy Mitchell; C. E. Yost, presdient of the Nebraska Telephone Company and dean of Bell System presidents; and Comptroller William A. Pendergast of New York. Above Bell is a photograph of Theodore N. Vail, presdient of AT&T, who participated in the ceremony from Jekyll Island, Georgia, where he was recuperating from a fall.
- Contributing Institution
- Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement
- Collection
- Classified Photographs
- Subjects
- Telephone lines
Carty, John J
McAney, George
Bethell, Union N
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Mitchell, John Purroy, 1879-1918
Yost, C. E
Pendergast, William A
Vail, Theodore N
AT&T - Location
- New York, New York City
- Type
- image
- Rights
- Digital Image © 2014 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
- Chicago citation style
- Telephone Lines P.3. 1915-01-25. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_uuu_11dha_cp/454683&context=L&vid=MWDL. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1915-01-25) Telephone Lines P.3. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_uuu_11dha_cp/454683&context=L&vid=MWDL
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_uuu_11dha_cp/454683&context=L&vid=MWDL>.