A Link of Empire: Being a record of the opening by His Excellency, the Earl of Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada, on January twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-two, of the Trans-Canada Telephone System
A Link of Empire: Being a record of the opening by His Excellency, the Earl of Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada, on January twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-two, of the Trans-Canada Telephone System

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A Link of Empire: Being a record of the opening by His Excellency, the Earl of Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada, on January twenty-fifth, nineteen thirty-two, of the Trans-Canada Telephone System

BESSBOROUGH, Earl of

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In January 1932, the Trans-Canada Telephone System was inaugurated with a cross-continent conference call linking dignitaries in all provincial capitals from Halifax to Victoria. For the first time a human voice could travel from sea to sea on Canadian phone wires. This book commemorates the event and records the speeches made at the opening ceremony.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: n/a
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  • Date Published: 1932
  • Place Published: Montreal
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Details

  • Condition: Very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    31 p. 28 cm. 11 b&w photos and one map. Blue velvet softcovers with silver print. In blue cardboard box with some wear and two torn corners.

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