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The Dawn of the Modern Era. American Inventions. The Typewriter. Invented in 1874 by Christopher Scholes. Telephone. Alexander Graham Bell. Bell and his assistant showing off their first Telephone. 1892 First phone call. NY TO Chicago. First Subway , ny city. 1870’s. Thomas Edison.
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The Dawn of the Modern Era American Inventions
The Typewriter Invented in 1874 by Christopher Scholes
Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
1892 First phone call NY TO Chicago
First Subway , ny city 1870’s
Thomas Edison Prototype Phonograph
Original designs Thomas Edison Incandescent Light
DANIEL Burnham and Louis Sullivan Flat Iron Building NY CITY Guaranty Building Buffalo NY 1894
Edwin Drake Titusville Pennsylvania---first steam powered oil drill
George Westinghouse Invented the Alternator and the Airbrake for trains. He is also credited with investigating electric current and safer ways of handling electricity
Brooklyn Bridge Longest Suspension Bridge in the world for many years. Completed at great cost in 1883
Wright Flyer 1903 The Wright Brothers of Ohio came to Kitty Hawk NC to test their powered flyer. First Powered Flight
Henry Ford He didn’t invent the car. He simply mass produced it cheaply so everyone could afford one.
Tuskeege Institute One of many Black Colleges opened during reconstruction Made famous by its many high level graduates and talented professors!
George Washington CARVER Famous for Chemistry and experiments for using peanuts for various purposes in order to improve agriculture and science
Booker T Washington w.e.b. Du Bois Men of Action