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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 9, 2015
Caption: Alexander Graham Bell
Additional Description: This c. 1895 photo of Alexander Graham Bell by an unknown photographer hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

“Inventor Alexander Graham Bell sparked a communications revolution when he patented the telephone in 1876. But Bell considered his work with the deaf to be his true calling. Born to a deaf mother and a father renowned for his work in enunciation, Bell adapted his father's work — a visual, symbolic alphabet for use in producing spoken sounds — for use in teaching speech to the deaf. He opened a teacher training school and became a leader in the education of the deaf. Bell's teaching speech to the deaf was not viewed favorably by all; many advocates thought signing was the appropriate language for the hearing-impaired.”
—National Portrait Gallery
Submitted: October 28, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p335746
File Size: 1.587 Megabytes

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