Postmark: Aug. 21, 1907

Singer/actor Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick) is best known for his pop 
and contemporary hits of the 1960s like "My Cup Runneth Over". He was also 
part of a popular 1950s singing group called The Ames Brothers.

The Ames Brothers in 1955

Charted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1967, and
was #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart

The Bell Telephone Company was founded by Alexander Graham Bell along
with his father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Under Hubbard’s guidance,
the company developed the first telephones with the assistance of Thomas
Watson and by the end of 1877 was responsible for over 3,000 phones in
service under the Bell Telephone Company name. The firm grew quickly,
boasting over 10,000 phones in service by the end of 1878.

Alexander Graham Bell

 
Gardiner G. Hubbard, president and trustee
of the Bell Telephone Company