Persimmon harvest in Chihli province, China. Two men seated beside a pile of persimmons and counting them in north eastern China. Donkeys loaded with baskets of persimmons moving on a marshy terrain. A few men walk with the donkeys. Mountains in the background. View of a donkey saddle and twin hampers that are fitted on to the donkey during the transportation of persimmons. A few men in an orchard filling hampers with persimmons for transportation. The donkeys grazing in the background. A line of camels carrying hampers of persimmons moving along a path during long distance transportation. Men in an orchard filling persimmons in hampers to be fitted on to the camels. View of the hampers filled with persimmons awaiting transportation. Roadside vendors selling persimmons. A man and a boy buying persimmons.
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".
Telephone lines laid along the Florida coast in the United States. Equipment in view during the extending of telephone lines along the Florida coast. A crane beside the train station in the town of Jewfish, Florida in the upper Florida Keys. A board on the train station building reads 'Jew Fish'. The crane at work. Florida in later years: View of rolls of telephone cables outside a building. Men laying telephone cables from a roll kept on a wheel cart. A small wooden building with a board that reads 'The New Telephone Bldg., Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company'. Another small building with a few boards. One of the boards reads 'Keeping Face With Orlands'. A large concrete building with a path in the front. Trees along the side of the path.
Telecommunication process demonstration at a telecommunication center in the United States. A diagram of a switchboard and telephone operation at the telecommunication center. A man pointing to the diagram demonstrates how a telephone call is received, routed and completed in the communication process. View of a switchboard. Three women telephone operators seated operate the switchboard.
Telecommunication process demonstration in the United States. A man standing beside an equipment at a telecommunication center. A diagram showing telephone communication. The man demonstrating the processes in telephone communication. The man wears headphones and holds a pointer in his hand. The man demonstrates by pointing to the various processes in the telecommunication diagram. Motion picture crew members atop a building. Several buildings in the background. One of the men wearing a colonial costume. Crew director demonstrates wave motion by dropping an object into water in a tub. View of the crew director standing atop the building.
Telecommunication process at a telecommunication center in the United States. Several women telephone operators seated at a switchboard. Telegrams received. Telegraph typed messages are transferred to a paper tape (ticker tape) by circular keyboard equipment. Men getting the tape edited and transmitted.
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