Alexander Graham Bell
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintAlexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born inventor and scientist, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, lived for many years in Washington, D.C., and died in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. As a young man, he consulted physicist Joseph Henry, the first Smithsonian Secretary, about the feasibility of his telephone invention and was greatly encouraged by Henry. He considered Henry as an important mentor and supported the Smithsonian in many ways. Bell served as a citizen member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, provided seed money for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, donated collections to the National Museum, and arranged for the move of James Smithson's remains from Genoa, Italy, to the Smithsonian Institution in 1904.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 3, Folder: 32 Alexander Graham Bell
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1880s
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Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Cyanotype ; Size: 7.75w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait ; Medium: Photographic print