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The Bell homestead at Brantford, Ontario, where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
The Bell homestead at Brantford, Ontario, where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

The Bell homestead at Brantford, Ontario, where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

Date12/20/1930
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Bell homestead at Brantford, Ontario, where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-124-GO-237
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Brantford
Province or state:Ontario
The Bell Homestead in Brantford is where Alexander Graham Bell carried out many of the experiments which led to development of the telephone. It's a National Historic Site now
The Bell Homestead in Brantford is where Alexander Graham Bell carried out many of the experiments which led to development of the telephone. It's a National Historic Site now
12/21/1970
Bell Homestead, Birthplace of the Telephone, Brantford, Canada
Bell Homestead, Birthplace of the Telephone, Brantford, Canada
1910
It's the hottest thing over the wires since Alexander Bell invented the telephone
It's the hottest thing over the wires since Alexander Bell invented the telephone
8/17/1988
Plaque of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Brantford, Ontario
Plaque of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Brantford, Ontario
6/2/1930
When the world celebrates next March the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Bell, Brantford is going to play a big part. Thelma Moyer. Ventit(...)
When the world celebrates next March the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Bell, Brantford is going to play a big part. Thelma Moyer. Ventit(...)
6/27/1946
Zeroing in on target, which is retention of 102-year-old Alexander Graham Bell Cup for Canada, are trio of marksmen from University of Toronto School'(...)
Zeroing in on target, which is retention of 102-year-old Alexander Graham Bell Cup for Canada, are trio of marksmen from University of Toronto School'(...)
6/10/1971
All Kinds of telephones, from ultra-modern to the old and elegant styles, can be used in an area of Scarborough where Bell Canada has installed phone (...)
All Kinds of telephones, from ultra-modern to the old and elegant styles, can be used in an area of Scarborough where Bell Canada has installed phone (...)
1/6/1976
At odds at Bell, Former telephone worker Fred Pomeroy, left, head of the Communications Workers of Canada, and Bell Canada president J. C. Thackray, r(...)
At odds at Bell, Former telephone worker Fred Pomeroy, left, head of the Communications Workers of Canada, and Bell Canada president J. C. Thackray, r(...)
1/16/1980
Free phones: Mary Clair Harrold of Laird Drive uses one of the emergency telephones set up in a Bell Telephone truck on a parking lot at Eglinton and Bayview Aves
Free phones: Mary Clair Harrold of Laird Drive uses one of the emergency telephones set up in a Bell Telephone truck on a parking lot at Eglinton and Bayview Aves
12/10/1985
Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Ajax, Ontario
Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Ajax, Ontario
1961-11
Operators Alice Souch (left) and Annie Trenouth (at the switchboard), and manager Wesley Shaw were the staff of Bell Telephone Company's Bowmanville office in 1898. Bowmanville, Ontario
Operators Alice Souch (left) and Annie Trenouth (at the switchboard), and manager Wesley Shaw were the staff of Bell Telephone Company's Bowmanville office in 1898. Bowmanville, Ontario
1898
Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
2/20/1969