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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Josie Jepson (or Jepsen) at the telephone switchboard on Washington Island. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Women work on nine-place telephone switchboard that served 1,145 single-line flat-rate telephones originating 10 calls per day, on average. |
| Date: | 08 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Co. switchboard, front view. |
| Date: | 08 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Co. switchboard, rear view. |
| Date: | 08 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Five men are rebuilding the "Fairchild" exchange switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Company building. Four women telephone operators in the background ... |
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| Description: | Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard. |
| Date: | 04 14 1923 |
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| Description: | An employee operates an International Model G or 61 truck with Mead-Morrison under-slung winch and derrier equipment for the Lowell Electric Lighting Compa... |
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| Description: | Studio head and shoulders portrait of Walter S. Gifford of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards a truck with equipment for installing telephone poles. There is a large auger suspended from the back of the truck. Men are standing along the... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards a truck used for installing telephone poles parked on a road. A large auger is attached to the front of the truck. The sign on the side of the... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards front of truck parked along a road, with an auger hanging off the front. A man is standing, (obscured) at the back of the truck. |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a truck parked on the side of the road. A large auger is hanging in front of the truck. Fields are in the background. |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side... |
| Date: | 03 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Telephone Co. linemen making installation on pole. A truck is parked nearby. |
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