Keywords: Switchboards
Item 14619
Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fort Kent Media: Wood, metal
Item 18091
Switchboard operators, Lewiston, ca. 1893
Contributed by: Telephone Museum Date: circa 1893 Location: Lewiston; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"Taylor to help instruct people on the switchboard. How the switchboard worked was that the operators would take a ticket when a conversation was…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building
"The town’s first telephone switchboard was located in this building in Hodgden’s Plumbing. In 1958, Larry Thibodeau established Maine’s Farmers…"
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.
