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- Telephone Switchboard Drop Signal, 1900-1925 - Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, switchboards connected calls. When a caller picked up the phone, drop signals would indicate to an operator that someone was on the line. The operator would ask them for the number they would like to connect to and then manually connect the caller's line to the recipient.
- 1900-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Switchboard Drop Signal, 1900-1925
Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, switchboards connected calls. When a caller picked up the phone, drop signals would indicate to an operator that someone was on the line. The operator would ask them for the number they would like to connect to and then manually connect the caller's line to the recipient.
- Monophone Telephone Transceiver, 1893 -
- 1893
- Collections - Artifact
Monophone Telephone Transceiver, 1893
- American Electric Telephone Company Switchboard Drop Signal -
- Collections - Artifact
American Electric Telephone Company Switchboard Drop Signal
- Telephone Switchboard Used in Cadmus, Michigan, circa 1905 - Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Switchboard Used in Cadmus, Michigan, circa 1905
Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, callers relied on switchboards to connect calls. When a caller picked up the phone, a switchboard operator on the line would ask them for the number they would like to connect to. The operator would put the call through by manually connecting the caller's line to the appropriate recipient via the switchboard.
- Telephone Switchboard Drop Signal, 1900-1925 - Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, switchboards connected calls. When a caller picked up the phone, drop signals would indicate to an operator that someone was on the line. The operator would ask them for the number they would like to connect to and then manually connect the caller's line to the recipient.
- 1900-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Switchboard Drop Signal, 1900-1925
Before long-distance direct dialing became widespread in the 1960s, switchboards connected calls. When a caller picked up the phone, drop signals would indicate to an operator that someone was on the line. The operator would ask them for the number they would like to connect to and then manually connect the caller's line to the recipient.
- American Electric Telephone Company Switchboard Drop Signal -
- Collections - Artifact
American Electric Telephone Company Switchboard Drop Signal
- Wall Telephone, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Wall Telephone, circa 1910