HANNIBAL - A blanket of snow greeted Hannibalians as they awoke at their usual hour on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 16, 1911.

PANAMA CITY — One ringy-dingy. No, the famous character Ernestine is not on display at the History Museum of Bay County, but a telephone switchboard similar to the one she used on the TV series "Laugh ...

Mike Lazer-Walker has repurposed a 1927 Western Electric 551-A switchboard into a hectic game that tasks players with quickly learning the obsolete job. “Hello, Operator!,” although controlled by a ...

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 ...

Before smartphones, most people kept in touch using landline telephones. And before direct dialing was common, some calls were handled by switchboard operators. During the 1950s, more than 220,000 ...

Section of a CB1 manual telephone exchange switchboard with positions for three operators, unknown maker, British, 1925-1960. In use at Enfield Telephone Exchange 22 July 1925 to 5 October 1960 ...

While watching a video about old radios from the 1920s, a phone jack popped up. The host mentioned that phone jacks are super old and he wondered what was their origin. I always assumed they had ...