Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 6, 1948
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END OF A TWO-MILE JOURNEY: Agriculture moves at a fast pace these days as the picture above proves. The 12 feet x 30 feet wood-frame silo shown here was lifted from its foundations in the Hugo Walters barnyard on Newport Rd., whisked two miles away to the Ken Wood Farm, 2612 Miller Rd., and promptly hoisted on a prepared foundation. The whole job was done in exactly four hours and 30 minutes. Charles H. Clark, operator of the Ken Wood farm superintended the job.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
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'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
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TESTS PHONE HOOKUPS: Lewis C. Baker of Ann Arbor, a Bell test desk worker for 25 years, is shown as he checks a new phone hookup for continuity to assure quality reception. With the meter in front of him, Baker call tell whether there is a line short-circuit, the number of phones on a line or whether any of them is malfunctioning.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
Caption:
RINGING MACHINE: The machine that switchman William G. Sanford is observing provides the dial tone, ringing and busy signals at individual telephones. The mechanism is alternately used with others like it to assure no interruption in the "beaming" of the three sounds.