American Experience; Telephone, The

01/17/1997

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Series: American Experience
Program: Telephone, The
Program Number: 905
Series Description: Premiered October 1988 As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its eighteenth season, the series has produced over 180 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. Series release date: 10/1988
Program Description: To Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, their contraption -- dubbed the "Harmonic Telegraph" -- was a sure fire moneymaker; to others, like Mark Twain, it was more toy than triumph. But the invention caught on and by 1900, New York Telephone alone had more than 6,000 "Hello Girls" working the lines in "operating rooms." The telephone had been transformed from novelty into necessity.
Duration: 00:56:46
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Genres: Documentary
Topics: History
Citation: Chicago: “American Experience; Telephone, The,” 01/17/1997, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed September 25, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F17A14CD869C4637BB8AA023F5F24936.; MLA: “American Experience; Telephone, The.” 01/17/1997. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. September 25, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F17A14CD869C4637BB8AA023F5F24936>.; APA: American Experience; Telephone, The. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F17A14CD869C4637BB8AA023F5F24936

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