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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

It's the hottest thing over the wires since Alexander Bell invented the telephone

Date8/17/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's the hottest thing over the wires since Alexander Bell invented the telephone. Millions of Canadians are dialing 976 lines, at a cost ranging from 79 cents to $3, to find romance, horror, prizes, jokes, sports trivia, horoscopes and soap opera updates
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073776F
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
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This looks like a section of telegraph wires, but it's a harp played by one of those curious Mexican Indians, the Yaquis
This looks like a section of telegraph wires, but it's a harp played by one of those curious Mexican Indians, the Yaquis
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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
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With his wife, the heroic minister reads letters and wires of congratulations from all over Canada
With his wife, the heroic minister reads letters and wires of congratulations from all over Canada
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A fitness therapist at the Etobicoke Olympium wires speed swimmer Bill Bevan to a $27,000 analytical computer that evaluates physical conditions. Beva(...)
A fitness therapist at the Etobicoke Olympium wires speed swimmer Bill Bevan to a $27,000 analytical computer that evaluates physical conditions. Beva(...)
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Fight for survival: A tangle of tubes and wires engulfs tiny Bianca Scarpone, keeping the 14-weeks-premature tot alive in a small, transparent incubator at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital
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A grand airport hall. Electrician Arthur Verway wires up the check-in counters in the Grand Hall of Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. The t(...)
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Electronic machine attached by wires to Christopher Malone's arm is helping him learn to control his limbs
Electronic machine attached by wires to Christopher Malone's arm is helping him learn to control his limbs
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Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
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Lieut.-Col. Merritt, V.C. Dieppe. Cables and wires have been loaded with the copy of correspondents who went into action with the Canadian task force (...)
Lieut.-Col. Merritt, V.C. Dieppe. Cables and wires have been loaded with the copy of correspondents who went into action with the Canadian task force (...)
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No more wires: Telefax Communications of Hensall, Ont
No more wires: Telefax Communications of Hensall, Ont
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While Wendel Clark (right), Leafs top draft pick, has several wires attached to his body as he undergoes an electrocardiogram. All around the National(...)
While Wendel Clark (right), Leafs top draft pick, has several wires attached to his body as he undergoes an electrocardiogram. All around the National(...)
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