A.G. Bell Wall Phone

1876
Charles Williams Jr.Charles Williams Jr.1862–1881Charles Williams Jr. operated an electrical shop at 109 Court Street in Boston that became the birthplace of the telephone industry. Thomas Edison worked there in 1868-69, and Thomas Watson joined in 1872, where he met Alexander Graham Bell in 1874. Bell and Watson's pivotal telephone experiments took place in the shop's garret. In 1877, Williams began manufacturing the first commercial telephones for the Bell Telephone Company, including the famous Coffin Set. The first permanent residential telephone line connected his shop to his Somerville home. Williams sold the operation to Western Electric in 1882. · wood, American
A.G. Bell Wall Phone

About This Phone

Wall Telephone marked "A. G. Bell," 1876. Manufacturer: "Charles Williams Jr., Boston", made for "The National Bell Telephone Co." Two-part walnut case, upper part with microphone, detachable receiver, double bell, complete with all wires and 2 keys. Bell had his laboratory in the same building as Williams; the first Bell telephones were made there under close cooperation between Bell and Williams.