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In 1997 the Royal Bank of Scotland issued commemmorative £1 notes to mark the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's birth.
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Useful links
These websites have information or images we think you might find useful:
- About.com: Inventors:
Alexander Graham Bell – First Telephone Patent. - How stuff works:
Information about how telephones work. - The Library of Congress:
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939.
Links to catalogue entries
- Search for National Library material relating to Alexander Graham Bell:
Details of publications by or about Alexander Graham Bell that are held in National Library of Scotland collections. - Film catalogue details for 'Land of invention':
A British Council film about Scottish inventions, including the telephone (1940). Part of the Moving Image Archive collection at the Library. - Film catalogue details for 'GPO Glasgow':
Watch a clip from this film showing telephone operators and engineers at work (around 1961.) Part of the Moving Image Archive collection at the Library.
