AT&T marked the 150th anniversary of a historic moment on March 10, 1876, with the opening of a pop-up museum at its downtown Dallas headquarters.
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Modern communication began with nine words: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” They were yelled in a thick Scottish brogue by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone and founder of the company that would become AT&T Inc.
AT&T (NYSE:T) today marks the 150th anniversary of that historic moment on March 10, 1876, with the opening of a pop-up museum at its downtown Dallas headquarters. Among the items in the exhibit will be a notebook displaying Graham’s first words heard via telephone, written down in pencil by his assistant Thomas Watson.
“Watson was in another room listening on his receiver, and he heard every word distinctly,” said Bill Caughlin, corporate archivist and head of the AT&T Archives and History Center. His team created the pop-up museum, which will be open to the public through March 12.
AT&T also donated $150,000 to The Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation in honor of the anniversary.
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