File:First United States transcontinental phone line in 1915.png
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First United States transcontinental phone line in 1915
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English: First United States transcontinental phone line in 1915 |
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For this first, ceremonial call, Bell (center) was in New York City. Pictured from left to right: John J. Carty, chief engineer of AT&T; George McAneny, president of the New York City board of aldermen; U.N. Bethell, vice president of AT&T; Alexander Graham Bell; John Purroy Mitchel, mayor of New York City; C.E. Yost, president of Nebraska Telephone Co.; and William A. Prendergast, comptroller of NYC. The oval portrait is of Theodore Newton Vail.
People[edit]
From left to right are:
- John Joseph Carty (1861-1932), chief engineer of AT&T
- George Francis McAneny Jr. (1869-1953), president of the New York City board of aldermen
- Union Noble Bethell (1859-1933), vice president of AT&T
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
- John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918), mayor of New York City
- C. E. Yost, president of Nebraska Telephone Co.
- William Ambrose Prendergast (1867-1954), comptroller of NYC.
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