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January 26, 1915
STOCKTON DAILY RECORD, California, Jan. 26, 1915  

* First Transcontinental phone call made
* Alexander Graham Bell & Thomas Watson


The top of the front page has a nice account of the first transcontinental telephone call, headed: "THE LONGEST 'LONG DISTANCE' IN THE WORLD" "San Francisco Talked To New York and President Wilson Talks to President Moore" "First Man to Hear Voice Over Telephone Talked to Inventor of Telephone Over 3400 Miles of Wire Connecting the Pacific Metropolis With the Atlantic..." and more.
Complete in 10 pages, good condition.