
The candlestick telephoneby Suzanne Meredith http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/The_candlestick_telephone/The hazy view of advertisements and reality. Alexander Graham Bell had no idea what his communication device would turn into—or the effect it would have on civilization. Bell was born in 1847 and long before he perfected the telephone he developed an interest in speech, elocution, and voices....