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Young boys operate telephone switchboards, 1876-77. After Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, his company would then hire teenage boys for cheap to work the switchboards and connect callers. Bell, however, found that the boys were…

Galerie des Machines
A collection of images from the 1889 Paris World's Fair: exhibits, construction, the théâtrophone

Valkyrie; more winter, spring is already springing up [spring song - Siegmund's love song]<br />
MM. Charles Rousselière sings Sigmund's Love Song from La Walkyrie to a piano reduction. Notice that the text is in French, rather than Wagner's native German.

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Training course for female telephone operators, 1900.

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The back cover to the théâtrophone program from November 12-14th, 1904 featuring a full page ad for perfume.

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The seventh page from the November 12-14, 1904 thêâtrophone program featuring a few advertisements as well as some blank ad space.

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A blank page from the November 12-14, 1904 théâtrophone program. This page was assumedly left blank for advertisements.

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The fifth page of the théâtrophone program from November 12-14th, 1904 featuring the listing for the Theatre-Francais, Concert Colonne, Nouveautes, and Scala.
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