Name/Title
Bell Telephone ExchangeEntry/Object ID
2002.62.1Description
Telephone Company
Lake Forest's first switchboard brought Chicago, San Francisco, and New York directly to local homes. It's said that people "Talked into a funny looking mouthpiece while holding a cumbersome device to their ear, and that sometimes the conversations required a certain amount of shouting, not altogether appreciated by the telephone supervisor."
negative of image is also included
Female operators in photograph are:
Meyers, Lois
Hahn, Nellie Ensign
Powers, Nellie
Monahan, Catherine
Bleir, Rose Burridge
Duggan, Lettie Masterson
Williams, Kate Howe
Masterson, Annie
Lineburg, MabelMade/Created
Artist
Scotty's Photo StudioStudio
197 East WestminsterDate made
circa 1910Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects