Telephones Introduced in SIB

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Summary

A system of electric bells and telephones is established throughout the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle. The system connects several office and work rooms in the building to provide instant communication between the rooms so as not to loose the time required to go from one room to another.

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half Century. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1897, p. 839.
  • Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1878. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1879, p. 11.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

June 12, 1878

Topic

  • Bells
  • Firsts
  • Telephone
  • Electric bells

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