* Hello, God? Can You Hear Us Yet?

Bell speaking into prototype model of the telephone.

~ Phone to Pacific From the Atlantic

~ Perfect Test of Transcontinental Line Made by Inventors Bell and Watson.

~ 4,750-MILE RECORD SET President Wilson, Mayor Mitchel, and Other Noted Men Participate in Celebration

On January 25, 1915, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, inaugurated US transcontinental telephone service.

"Hello, Mr. Watson," he said. "Can you hear me?"

"I hear you perfectly," Mr. Watson replied.

Thus was the first human voice heard across the continent. The hundreds at both ends of the line broke into enthusiastic applause.

New York Times

Bell's Telephone Prototypes, 1876
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C.

Little did Mr. Bell know how
far his phone would go.

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