[78-L] earliest recorded fon call

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Interesting. The first Trans-Pacific cable to Hawaii was laid and became 
operational on Dec. 28, 1901, but only for telegraph communications. On 
Nov. 2, 1931 radio-telephones connected the major islands of Hawaii and 
also the mainland. In Oct. 1957 a new phone cable was completed between 
Hawaii and the mainland.
However, I have no idea when the first acoustic telephone call was made 
from Hawaii to the West Coast. I think the "Hello Hawaii, How Are You?" 
lyrics may have been wishful thinking on the writers part!
One of the earliest recordings of the tune was made in 1915, by  Nora Bayes.
M

PHONOGUY at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 12/10/2008 5:46:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> simmonssomer at comcast.net writes:
>
> This is a dim recollection but somewhere, sometime ago I heard an (acoustic) 
> recording in which the protagonist was telling the operator to connect him 
> to Hawaii.
>
> Hello Hawaii, How Are You                  Henry Schaadt
>