Courtesy of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companines

Creator

Charles Johnson Faulk Jr.

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Preferred Citation

Faulk, Charles Johnson Jr., "Courtesy of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companines" (1940). Charles Johnson Faulk Archival Collection. 372.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-faulk-papers/372

Description

Rows and rows of operations were necessary in the early decades of the telephone industry's history, when there was little the customer could do alone. These operators in Washington traffic department of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. during the 1920s worked at cord switchboards and spoke to customers using chest horns. It all took place under the watchful eyes and ears of patrolling supervisors, available to help out if needed.

Subjects

Communications

Date

1940

Time Period

1931-1940

Object Type

stillimage

Format (Original)

photograph; b&w : 20.3 X 25.7 cm.

Format (Digital)

JPG

Digital ID

514_B31_F18_03

Physical ID

514_B31_F18_03

Related Materials

CHARM

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Faulk (Charles Johnson) papers, Box 31, Folder 18

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

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Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.