Lowell Thomas, left, talks with his cousin Darrell Thomas in the original cabin that was used as the first exchange link for telephone service from Fortville to McCordsville. The original switch, from ...
Having encountered the breathtaking Telephone Museum of New Mexico in Albuquerque on Route 66, it's hard to resist a trip down memory lane. According to the story by CNet, from Alexander Graham Bell, ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Here is an image of telephone switchboards in the late 1800s. Why do you think all of these switchboard operators are ...
BECAUSE OF ITS expense and spam, I’m ready to shed our household’s telephone landline. “It’s about time — LOL,” my nephew Chris chides me. He’s probably right, but as a history writer, maybe I get ...