Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Operators Linda Fraser and Bruce Aube handle calls at the Bryant Pond Phone Company, run out of the home of Elden Hathaway. It was the last hand-cranked phone company in the nation.
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About This Item
- Title: Phone company, Bryant Pond, 1981
- Creator: Gene Willman
- Creation Date: 1981-01-28
- Subject Date: 1981-01-28
- Location: Bryant Pond, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 4/1
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bryant Pond Phone Company (Me.)
- Switchboards
- Telephone companies--Maine--Bryant Pond
- Telephone operators--Maine--Bryant Pond--Photographs
- Telephone switchboards--Maine--Bryant Pond
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