Airplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. View of a biplane on the airfield at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. Two men beside the biplane. Number '15' written on the fuselage of the aircraft. Another biplane with number '3' written on the fuselage. A biplane on the airfield with number '5' written on the rudder. Another biplane with number '22' written on the fuselage. A monoplane on the airfield. The motor of the monoplane and a lever beside the motor in view. 'Ryan M-1' written on the rudder of the monoplane. Number '23' written on the side of the monoplane. A man working on the stabilizer of the Ryan monoplane. A biplane beside a building on the airport, with number '20' written on the fuselage. The biplane on the runway and a few men beside the biplane.
Airplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. View of a biplane on the runway of the airfield at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. A man beside the biplane. A small monoplane on the airfield beside a few buildings. A few men looking at the monoplane. Number '24' written on the fuselage of the monoplane. The front part of the monoplane. A man under one of the wings of the monoplane.
Airplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. View of a Ford single engine metal aircraft at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. A few people beside the aircraft. The aircraft on the airfield. Number '8' written on the side of the aircraft. A man in coveralls and a woman pose beside the aircraft. The man posing beside the aircraft. The airfield with the buildings and several people on the field. The hangar on the airfield. Aircraft in front of the hangar. A biplane on the airfield. A man beside the biplane. Other buildings at the airport. The Ford aircraft on the airfield. Several people beside the aircraft. Few other aircraft on the airfield. A large crowd on the airfield in front of a building. Vehicles being parked in front of the building.
Airplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. A biplane on the airfield at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. A few people beside the aircraft. The starter flags off the biplane. The biplane taking off. Several biplanes flagged off one after the other by the starter. People on the airfield watch the biplanes taking off. A monoplane with number '23' written on the fuselage flagged off. The biplane taxiing on the field. A biplane taxiing on the airfield and taking off. Two biplanes taxiing and taking off. The Ford single engine aircraft on the airfield. A few men wheeling the aircraft preparing for take-off. The Ford aircraft taxis on the airfield and takes off. The aircraft in flight.
Telephone facility construction in the United States. A picture showing a man digging a hole for a telephone pole in 1894. A picture shows several men raising a telephone pole in 1895. Men using a tractor to pull telephone lines in the later years. A tractor with auger drilling holes for the telephone posts. A derrick (out of sight) placing a post in the hole. A man standing beside the post guiding it into the hole. In 19th Century, crews of men are seen manually digging trenches on the sides of the road in a city street for laying telephone lines. In contrast , a man operates a powered trenching machine along a street, while helpers watch, Houses in view along the side of the road.
Telephone line construction between New York and San Francisco in the United States. A picture of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell talking into a telephone while opening the New York-Chicago telephone line on October 18, 1892. Several men standing beside Dr. Bell. A donkey with a saddle on it. A man loading the donkey with devices. The man leading the donkey which is carrying the devices to be fitted on a telephone post in a hilly area. Several men erecting telephone posts while laying lines joining New York and San Francisco to the Bell System in 1915. View of a bear climbing down a telephone post. A picture of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell attending the opening of the transcontinental telephone line in New York on January 25, 1915. Several AT&T executives sitting on both sides of Dr. Bell. Dr. Bell repeated the historic first sentence transmitted on March 10, 1876, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you", on the telephone to Mr. Watson in San Francisco. A picture showing Thomas A. Watson, Dr. Bell's assistant in 1876, at the opening of the transcontinental telephone line. Mr. Watson replied to Dr. Bell, "It would take me a week this time, Dr. Bell".