Decades after retiring, women who once operated the switchboard at Ma Bell still keep a strong connection — to each other and their past. Nearly 50 retired operators gathered Friday afternoon in ...
The Museum of Sonoma County has a telephone switchboard that is 6 feet high and 4 feet long on display. There is no need to explain how technology has affected communication. The immediacy of ...
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 ...
Juliet is the senior web editor for StateTech and HealthTech magazines. In her six years as a journalist she has covered everything from aerospace to indie music reviews — but she is unfailingly ...
Over the past 18 months, a handful of new restaurants have opened in downtown Oceanside, including the Switchboard Restaurant & Bar, an all-day eatery in a historic Coast Highway building that’s ...
Hello, Central, here's a story of way-back times. Long ago, in the days of wire-based communication, before the cellphone or even the rotary dial, there was the operator. With granite composure and ...
Helpline counselors answer phones 24/7 at Switchboard Miami in this file photo from 2010. Switchboard provides phone counselors for those in times of need. MARICE COHN BAND MIAMI HERALD STAFF Hit by a ...