Trash or Treasure: 1876 Centennial Exhibition map is rare survivor
According to West Philadelphia Collaborative History site ( collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu ), the event was held in West ...
Bath County celebrates the mysterious meat shower of 1876
In the Bath County History Museum, you can see all kinds of artifacts—reminders of a bygone area. Recently, one exhibit drew ...
The first ever phone call happened on this day in Boston 149 years ago. Here's the story
In fact, much of the experimentation and research to develop the first telephone happened in Boston, leading up to the ...
History Today: Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell changed the face of communication technology with the invention of the telephone. He transmitted the ...
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I Have This Old Gun: Winchester 1876 Express Rifle
In becoming “The Gun That Won The West,” the Winchester Model 1873 also became the gun that put rapid-fire capability into the hands of shooters everywhere, and, in so doing, launched the ...
On This Day: Alexander Graham Bell gets 1st telephone patent
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany ...