Title

First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York

Caption

First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935). 'Ringing Up "Uncle Sam"...the actual scene at the switchboard when London spoke to America by radio telephone'. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_026

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,5Mb (2,1Mb) / 13,5in x 18,2in / 4062 x 5466 (300dpi)

Keywords

job technology communications arts telephone book occupation British headphones innovation telecommunications phone century Britain profession first control panel thirties literature concept switchboard telephonist telecommunication twenties B&W operator MONOCHROME switchboard operator transatlantic trans-atlantic Telephone Call black & white black and white B W 1930s 1920s 20th century The Print Collector switchboard attendant photograph Unknown 'phone Odhams Press Ltd The Silver Jubilee Book photograph