Casts from the Past

Scenes from the Past loves all things Michigan. Michigan was blessed to be the birthplace and/or home of some of the greatest men, minds, inventors and inventions the world has ever known. Men like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison have strong Michigan roots. …

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I doubt that Alexander Graham Bell could have ever foreseen the advent of the cell phone or the dreaded telemarketer, but a day late I celebrate the invention and inventor of the telephone by posting this charming little video.

Bell’s journal contains the following entry for March 10, 1876:

I …

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