telephone invention

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[An exacting housekeeper] - Public domain scan / drawing

President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... More

[The Silver Dart, one of the Aerial Experiment Association's early air...

In album: "Photographs, Laboratory Copy 1908." Penned at lower left of photographic print: "Copyright 09 Burner[?]." Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Fa... More

Alex. Graham Bell & Jas. J. Davis

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Postcard from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, September 1...

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[David and Ellen Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 131. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library o... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birth place of telephone, 109 Court St., Boston, Massachusetts ..

Probably related to negatives D420-2578 to D420-2611. Title continues: On the top floor of this building in 1875, Professor Bell carried on his experiments and first succeeded in transmitting speech by electric... More

Alex. Graham Bell & Jas. J. Davis, 4/28/21

An old photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A cat sitting on a tree branch in front of a house. Alexander graham b...

A tree with red berries in front of a house / A tree with red berries in front of a white house / Public domain photo of a park, nature.

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

Mr. Hubbard's room in Fort House

Gardiner Greene Hubbard reclining and reading. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 6.

[Alexander Melville Bell with his wife Eliza Grace Symonds and their g...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: selected from the collections of the L... More

[Rear view of Alexander Graham Bell entering ruins of Pompeii]

In album: v. 13, p. 5. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Alexander Graham Bell facing his wife, Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell, wh...

On negative sleeve: "318 taken 1903 Oct. 16, DSMB[?] 1903 Oct. 17." Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

[Mabel Hubbard, half-length portrait of a girl, facing front, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, plain leather. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photogra... More

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a woman looking out a window, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on activ... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS. WITH CHILD

A woman sitting in a chair holding a baby. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander graham bell scientist inventor.

Innovation image. Free images about innovations. Use free pictures of innovations without any copyright restrictions. A black and white photo of a man with a beard

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

[Gertrude Mercer Hubbard Grossman, Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, and M...

Attributed to Southworth & Hawes or Whipple & Black. Plate cut down. Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell alternately identified as Grace Hubbard Bell. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

[Alexander Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, ...

Grandfather of Alexander Graham Bell. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: plain leather. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Phot... More

[Gardiner Green Hubbard, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Title on item: Gardiner Greene Hubbard on a trip to Russia, ca. 1875. Photo by Otto Renar. Neg no. LC-G9. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Libra... More

Alexander Graham Bell and his Scott Circle School

Alexander Graham Bell with teachers and students of the Scott Circle School for deaf children, posed outdoors in Washington, D.C. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander... More

[Alexander Graham Bell, his wife and daughters, with Mr. and Mrs. Alex...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-28 (left image). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs... More

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family.

[Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck and Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia]

Photographer's address: Sydney. Bell home in foreground at left. Forms part of Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell family. Title devised by cataloger. Transfer; LC Manusc... More

Birth place of telephone, 109 Court St., Boston, Massachusetts ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Alexander Graham Bell at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the 1...

Blind stamp on lower right: Photo by Richard W. Sears, Boston. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of [Gertrude M. Hubbard with baby]

Woman holding baby. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of ... More

Roberta Hubbard, Tinytype - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a studio portrait of Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, sister-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selecte... More

[Alexander Graham Bell with his wife Mabel and daughters Elsie (left) ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell, three-quarter length portrait, at eight ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Elsie May and Gilbert H. Grosvenor, three-quarter length portrait, se...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS. WITH CHILD

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active date... More

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. ANNIVERSARY OF BELL TELEPHONE. FRONT: T...

A group of men standing on the steps of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

A group of people standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Graham Bell Photograph, undated

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

Dolce far nientes in parlor - Public domain print

Mary True reclining and reading. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 15.

[Alexander Graham Bell swimming, his head above water, with cigar in h...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

The Detroit news timely topics. Bell's first telephone

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President...

A black and white photo of a man holding a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell, Boston, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS. WITH CHILD

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bras d'or Lake, Nova Scotia] - Public domain dedication image

Photographer's address: Sydney, N.S. Forms part of Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell family. Title devised by cataloger. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1975; DLC/PP-1975:199.

Alex. Graham Bell - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alex. Graham Bell - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alex. Graham Bell & Jas. J. Davis

Two men sitting in chairs talking to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

Postcard from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, April 25, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lamb, sheep, goat, livestock, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The garden flag at half mast for General Grant

The Gardiner Greene Hubbard home, "The Homestead" in Manchester, Massachusetts. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album:... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a beard, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Alexander Graham Bell Photograph, undated

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

Alexander Graham Bell, half-length portrait

Written on front: "Bell." Verso: "Alexander Graham Bell." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best known for his development of the flat disc record and the Gr... More

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

A map of Sable Island showing the location of the known wrecks upon th...

Photograph shows a framed map, "Known Wrecks on Sable Island compiled from official reports by S. D. McDonald, F.C.S." (probably the 1890 edition) with a large number of ships indicating locations of shipwrecks... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active da... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active da... More

BELL, ALEX GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alex. Graham Bell - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a bust of a man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexander Graham Bell (right) and his assistants observing the progre...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-10-27, no. 7. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 18... More

[Gertrude Mercer Hubbard Grossman, Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, and M...

Attributed to Southworth & Hawes or Whipple & Black. Plate cut down. Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell alternately identified as Grace Hubbard Bell. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1... More

Postcard from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, March 21, 1...

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel]

Woman holding baby girl. Photographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Gertrude M. Hubbard, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Form... More

[Alexander Graham Bell and family with a nurse (center) on a picnic at...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-32. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: ... More

Alexander Graham Bell portrait photograph, facing left

Portrait, bust, 3/4, facing left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

Portrait photo of Alexander Graham Bell Frank Boteler

Photograph shows portrait of Bell. Signed on verso. Date from similar photograph of Bell by Boteler published in Camera magazine, vol. VIII, 1904, page 227. Annenberg batch 5

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a tiara. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephone a nuisance - radio a joy to Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell posed, 1/2 lgth., seaded with radiophone, holding pipe, and wearing headphones. Photograph copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 22142 RU. This record contains unverified data from cap... More

Alexander Graham Bell Photograph, undated

First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 Fourteenth Street, Oakland, Ala...

Significance: The First Unitarian Church of Oakland is an early example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California, which is applied to a u-plan complex consisting of an auditorium, a Sunday School, an... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District...

Significance: The Volta Bureau was founded and endowed by Alexander Graham Bell for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf." Its headquarters building is unique in the Georgetown area bec... More

[Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell as a girl, half-length portrait, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the A... More

[Mabel Hubbard as a girl, full-length portrait, seated on chair]

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor coll... More

Alexander Graham Bell at about the age of 14 or 15 [...]

Alexander Graham Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title transcribed from caption list in album. Photograph taken by Bell's father at Milton Cottage, Trinity, Edinburgh. In album: Photographs ... More

Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Gertrude M. Hubbard, mother of Mabel H. Bell. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selected by him for preservation in the Beinn Bhreagh Recorder. Another copy filed in... More

Alexander Graham Bell and Miss Liberty

"Possibly symbolizes the March 19, 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolbear v. American Bell Tel. Co., 126 U.S. 1 (opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Waite) upholding the Bell telephone patents" on... More

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... More

Alexander Graham Bell with his family and friends at the lodge, Baddec...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Alexander Graham Bell

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM, MRS. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman looking out a window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a beard, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of... More