“Mr. Watson, come here – I want to see you”
The test call of the alleged invention of Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant Thomas Watson from his Boston, Massachusetts office on this day in 1876.
Today marks the centennial and a half of the invention that was originally to help the hard of hearing for everyone. Long before Gary Kildal vs Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg vs the Winklevoss Twins is was Grey vs Bell. As my country is celebrating it’s 250 years (for better or for worse), the telephone is pretty vintage too. Throughout the year, I will be posting on and off small historical notes beyond Western and past Northern, and focus on the little known facts of it.