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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Taylor to help instruct people on the switchboard. How the switchboard worked was that the operators would take a ticket when a conversation was…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"The town’s first telephone switchboard was located in this building in Hodgden’s Plumbing. In 1958, Larry Thibodeau established Maine’s Farmers…"

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Telephone Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"There was a large switchboard with digits in which connecting plugs were placed. A light would come on, and the caller would say to whom he wanted to…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"This business organized in 1889 and had a switchboard at Clark’s store in the North village. As time progressed, the business grew and was named the…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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