Lori Napoleon had never considered how early phone calls happened. But years ago, while visiting a lighthouse on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, she saw the town’s century-old telephone exchange. The odd ...

PANAMA CITY — One ringy-dingy. No, the famous character Ernestine is not on display at the History Museum of Bay County, but a telephone switchboard similar to the one she used on the TV series "Laugh ...

Before cellphones, before dial-up, if you wanted to make a phone call, you talked to an operator. That operator sat in front of a wall covered in... Jun 19, 2017 — Before cellphones, before dial-up, ...

Eventually to become affectionately known as “Old Betsy,” a Western Electric TBX-556A telephone switchboard went into service in 1958 in West Milford Town Hall to facilitate communication in the ...

HINES, Minn. — The earliest telephone systems connected people, eased some of the loneliness and isolation of homesteaders who lived far from other family members, provided alarms in times of ...

Before smartphones, most people kept in touch using landline telephones. And before direct dialing was common, some calls were handled by switchboard operators. During the 1950s, more than 220,000 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. WOODSTOCK – Barbara and Elden Hathaway were once asked by Johnny Carson what ...