Today in 1877 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first interstate call over the "speaking telephone"; his astonished New York City audience can hear familiar tunes played from New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Tony Kushner and Harold Holzer discuss LINCOLN (Part 3 of 3)
Feb 8, 2013
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To celebrate the release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the New-York Historical Society presented a screening of this monumental film followed by a conversat...
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