A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.
President Woodrow Wilson during 1916 Presidential campaign, in the United States. President Wilson, in top hat, accompanied by other officials leaves a building and comes down the steps. Snow covered area around the building. President Wilson and officials get into an open car parked at the base of the steps. A carriage robe is placed over his legs. The President, in a motorcade driving slowly through a large crowd on city streets. A trolley car moves through the crowd, in the background.
Exterior view of the Chicago Coliseum (1466 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, United States) in Chicago Illinois, at 15th and Wabash. Patriotic bunting decoratively displayed on the building as it hosts the 1916 Republican National Convention. Delegates march en masse, to the Coliseum, carrying small American flags. Closeup of Senator Warren G. Harding, convention chairman, tipping his hat and speaking. Automobiles parked at the curb, and people carrying umbrellas as they enter Entrance F of the coliseum. Women suffragettes holding umbrellas as they walk together on wet pavement, in a demonstration for women's suffrage. Closeup of Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, at the Coliseum. He doffs his hat and says a few words. Another closeup of him seated on a bench in the coliseum. Street scene with Hughes walking with a group of men, when a man steps into their midst to shake hands with Hughes. Another closeup of Hughes, seated on a bench.
Baking bread at Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Baker kneading dough and making rolls out of it. He places the rolls in a large brick oven. He takes out the baked rolls on a tray.
Foods being prepared in the kitchens of the Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Vegetables cooked in large steamer. Woman places a tray of vegetables in the steamer. Man selects and cleans fish and lobsters. Soup boils in big copper pots. Butcher cuts turkey.
Views inside the food storerooms and kitchens of the Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Men gather groceries and canned food stored in the hotel storeroom. Two men on the ladder placing cans on shelves. Woman oversees employees with a paper in hand. Hotel Statler chefs discuss matters while they drink and eat at a table..
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