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Fred Chase, Michigan Bell Telephone Station Repairman, March 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Fred Chase, Michigan Bell Telephone Station Repairman, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
FOR EMERGENCIES: Fred Chase of Ann Arbor, station repairman, uses the phone in a radio-equipped car that provides emergency service to areas cut off from telephone communication by a line break. Chase's simulated call would connect him with a Detroit operator who would expedite the call via regular telephone hookup.

James Davenport, Michigan Bell Employee, Works On A Patch Board, March 1958

James Davenport, Michigan Bell Employee, Works On A Patch Board, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
FOR BROADCASTS: James O. Davenport, toll testman from Lima township, checks a radio remote-control line for continuity at this program patch board. Football broadcasts from the University Stadium and other programs are "piped" through this patch board. Special electronic equipment is provided to boost power of broadcasts and telecasts along with area-used teletype, telegraph and wirephoto machines.

Joyce Weldon Works In The Michigan Bell Exchange Building Main Frame, March 1958

Joyce Weldon Works In The Michigan Bell Exchange Building Main Frame, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
310 MILES OF WIRE: Mrs. Joyce Weldon of Ann Arbor prepares to solder onto mainframe terminals cable ends that will "tie in" a telephone to equipment in Bell's Exchange Building. The main frames shown and others contain about 310 miles of wire.

Michael Ehnis, Michigan Bell Lineman, Digs A Hole For A New Telephone Pole, March 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Michael Ehnis, Michigan Bell Lineman, Digs A Hole For A New Telephone Pole, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
DIGGING HOLE FOR POLE: Lineman Michael Ehnis of Ann Arbor operates this $16,000 telephone pole digger used for "planting" poles in the ground in a hurry. Michigan Bell will spend $500,000 within the Ann Arbor district this year for equipment and services for new customer needs.

William Sanford Tends Batteries In The Michigan Bell Telephone Exchange Building, March 1958

William Sanford Tends Batteries In The Michigan Bell Telephone Exchange Building, March 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
POWER SOURCE: Bell switchman William G. Sanford of Ann Arbor fills with water one of a bank of 48-volt batteries that furnish power to phones in users' homes and elsewhere. Other banks of batteries are in background. In the event that power is cut off to generators that charge the batteries, a 170-kilowatt diesel-generator may be "cut-in."

Behind The Scenes At The Telephone Company

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1958
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