Photograph
Making First Dial Telephone Call in Mazomanie
| Mazomanie Village President Theodore R. King, seated at a roll top desk, dials the first telephone call to be handled through the Wisconsin Telephone Company's new dial central office in Mazomanie. Witnessing the historic event are T.J. Murphy, standing at left, Madison district manager for the Wisconsin Telephone Company, and Frank Lashway, prominent resident of Mazomanie who served as the company's agent in Mazomanie for many years before retiring a few years previous to this date. This telephone call was received by telephone company Mazomanie agent Charles T. Davies at Davies & Son Store. |
| Image ID: | 12600 |
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| Creation Date: | 02 06 1946 |
| Creator Name: | McVicar, Angus B., 1903-1964 |
| City: | Mazomanie |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6058.A1333-1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| See A1334-1 and A1334-2 for images of persons receiving this telephone call. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Eyeglasses |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Telephone |
| Offices |
| Furniture |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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