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Telephone Exchange Switchboard

Date: 08 14 1946
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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Theresa Telephone Office

Date: 02 27 1978
Description: "Theresa telephone office. Thirty-year employee, Donald Lawrence, solders on the main frame of the central office switching equipment."
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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...
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Intalling Telephone Poles

Date: 08 09 1927
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.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
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...

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