Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Switchboard, 1952

ID: 4861 ~ Source: Image L87-1.71074-52 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. ~ Creator: Charles Libby ~ Date: 1952
This file appears in: Cheney's Telephone Switchboard
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Female switchboard operators working at the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company.

This file appears in: Cheney's Telephone Switchboard

By Alexandria Fricks
Between 1876 and 1915, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone lines went from reaching just 100 feet, to over 3,400 miles. The first call between Bell and Watson merely spanned adjacent rooms; while their call in 1915 spanned New York to San Francisco.…