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The Telectroscope

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• May 22: Lorena Yeves, left, 21 of Manhattan, and Elizabeth Castillo, right, 21 of San Pedro, Calif., along with a male friend, are reflected in the Telectroscope glass in Brooklyn as they exchange phone numbers with a young man named Tyrone at the London end.
• May 22: A guy in Brooklyn invites the entire population of Britain to come over via Telectroscope.
• May 22: Brooklyn Dude congratulates his English viewers on Manchester United's win the previous night in the Champions League soccer final, perhaps without realizing Londoners would be more likely to support the losing team Chelsea F.C.
• A group of schoolchildren on bikes stops to gaze into the Telectroscope in London.
• The London end of the Telectroscope, with Tower Bridge in the background.
• May 22: The Telectroscope is framed by the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City.
• Municipal security guards in London check out what's happening in Brooklyn.
• A 'drill bit' from the Telectroscope's 'tunnel,' surrounded by fake rocks and rubble, pokes out of the ground in Brooklyn.
• Passersby check out the 'drill bit' on the London end of the Telectroscope.
• Another view of the 'drill bit' in Brooklyn.
• This bloke's not quite sure what to make of the 'drill bit' on the London side.
• A late 19th century technical drawing of the Telectroscope, according to artist Paul St. George.
• An illustration of the Telectroscope concept from Alexander Stanhope St George's papers, according to Paul St. George.

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