[78-L] earliest recorded fon call Hello Hawaii How Are You!

[Bob Rice]

   "And for what it cost to call that far, I could have bought a motor car!" 
But I love her like a real, Jack Tar'.   And so on, I think it was about 
1914? But was there ANY "Wireless Telephone" back then , even fron NYC to 
Hackensack?I didn't think Western Electric was that far along? Hell, it took 
til 1925 for electrical recordings?Maybe there WAS a radio line to Hawaii? 
It's fun to collect the records that trace technology. This is what makes 
old records so much fun?

    Seeya

    Bob
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>
> "In a message dated 12/10/2008 7:11:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> malcolm at 78data.com writes:
>
> 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!""
> Yes. I have several recordings of it. Some are just the tune..Pietro on
> Columbia with his acordian. I also have the sheet music for it somewhere. 
> It
> speaks of Capt. Jinks one night on Broadway, all alone...read the news 
> about the
> wireless telephone!.  His girl was in Hawaii and finally he asks her to 
> "give me
> a kiss, give me a kiss.. by wireless". Ahhh   romance :):):) Thanks Henry
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