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Alexander Graham Bell Speaking on the Phone, 1892.
Bell on the telephone in New York (calling Chicago) in 1892

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The First Telephone Call
March 10, 1876

What were the first words ever spoken on the telephone? They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." What would you have said?
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