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Title
Young boys operate telephone switchboards, 1876-77.
Subject
telephone operators boys 1876 switchboard
Description
Young boys operate telephone switchboards, 1876-77. After Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, his company would then hire teenage boys for cheap to work the switchboards and connect callers. Bell, however, found that the boys were rude, they would prank callers and curse.
Creator
The Telecommunications History Group
Source
http://www.telcomhistory.org/operators.shtml
Publisher
© 1995-2017 The Telecommunications History Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Contributor
Team Member- Megan Jordan
Rights
The Telecommunications History Group
Identifier
boys operate telephone switchboard
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