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Exploring the history of the telephone and how it reshaped the world

NPR | By Debbie Elliott,
Zephyr Weinreich, Daniel Ofman
Published July 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM CDT

As part of NPR's 250th anniversary series America in Pursuit, we're taking a look back at one of America's most significant inventions: the telephone.

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