Female telephone operator, 1911. Photo copyrighted by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, which was founded by Alexander Graham Bell and his father. This company is later absorbed by American Bell and subsequently, American Telephone &…
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…