Name/Title
B. A. Glover and Clarence S. MerrillEntry/Object ID
1978.001.3473Description
"Glover and Merrill posed with first telephone used for commercial purposes in the U.S. in 1876."
Glover was manager of the Berkeley office of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph. Merrill became Berkeley's first postmaster in 1907.
Photo dated April 17, 1926; taken in Berkeley.
Information from pencil notation on verso (and Google searches).Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
8 inWidth
10 inDimension Notes
Photo mounted on board.Location
Other
Photograph collectionProvenance
Notes
L.L. Stein collection