Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 10, 1963
Caption:
PROTEST AT MICHIGAN BELL: A breakdown in the office air conditioning unit yesterday afternoon caused 17 operators on the long-distance and information switch board to walk off their jobs. A picket line was quickly formed outside the company building at 323 E. Washington St. They were back at work today.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 18, 1957
Caption:
FIRST PICKET LINE: This was the picket line thrown up by Westinghouse Electric union members in front of the local office of the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. on E. Washington St. at 6 a.m. today. Long distance telephone operators who honored the picket line are seen at left. A line was also formed at the E. Huron St. entrance to the office.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
'MICHIGAN BELL'S BELLES': Mrs. Earldine Brokaw, service assistant (foreground, standing) observes a contingent of long distance operators who clear calls for local customers to points around the nation and overseas. These operators are among 300 in the firm's Ann Arbor district, who man switchboards on shifts to provide 24-hour-a-day service to persons who may call on any of 69,544 area phones.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
MAZE OF CABLES: Cable splicer Merle Snider, "in the most crowded manhole in Ann Arbor," pairs together underground cables that establish telephone service near the University's Museum Building. Snider's work requires special training, as do all jobs with the phone company.