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Telephone Toll Switchboard
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Seven workers (two peeking through from behind the switchboard) and one supervisor rebuilding the telephone toll switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Company building.
August 14, 1946
Stein, George H., 1913-2004
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Telephone Exchange Switchboard
August 14, 1946
Five men are rebuilding the "Fairchild" exchange switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Company building. Four women telephone operators in the background are operating another exchange switchboard.
Telephone Switchboard
August 13, 1946
Telephone switchboard being rebuilt at the Madison Exchange of the Wisconsin Telephone Company.
Men Making Telephone Switchboard Cables
August 14, 1946
Eleven male workers and one supervisor making telephone switchboard cables in the basement of the Wisconsin Telephone Company building.
Wisconsin Telephone Company Building Site
May 9, 1946
Site of the new Wisconsin Telephone Company central office building, to be constructed at corner of South Fairchild and West Main Streets. 16 S. Carroll Street.
West Main Street Side of Park Hotel
October 14, 1946
West Main Street side of the Park Hotel, including one automobile. Taken for Wisconsin Telephone Company.
Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees
January 5, 1954
Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls.
