Keywords: New England Telephone and Telegraph
Item 35279
New England Telephone Company float, Biddeford, 1916
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 82166
Westbrook Telephone Exchange, Westbrook, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"The telephone is very useful to the town of Lincoln. If it never existed, then we would probably still have a town caller and would still be writing…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"In 1890, the Postal Telegraph company moved into that place and lasted until 1928, when the buildings were torn down to build the City Hall."
Story
Working as a telephone operator in the 1940s
by Doris Tardy
Working as a telephone operator in 1946 was new and exciting, and challenging.
