Telephone Operator at Switchboard, 1937

Telephone Operator at Switchboard, 1937

Telephone operator at switchboard. Telephone users went through a switchboard operator to make calls. The observers in this photo are waiting for news of a Mason City bus and train collision. Renwick, Iowa. October 1937.

Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

©2005 State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. All Rights Reserved.

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