B. A. Glover and Clarence S. Merrill

Name/Title

B. A. Glover and Clarence S. Merrill

Entry/Object ID

1978.001.3473

Description

"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).

Made/Created

Artist

McCullagh Studio

Date made

1926

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

410-192-3473

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Photo mounted on board.

Location

Other

Photograph collection

Provenance

Notes

L.L. Stein collection