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1918 Phone Exchange

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First Central Phone Service in the Baytown area, 1918. Pictured is Miss Mary Mayfield who transferred from Barbers Hill in 1915. . At that time there was no exchange at all and only one line to the Crosby office. The switchboard was first set up in a tent and later installed in these quarters in Old Town at the corner of Lee Drive (present day, 2019) and Evergreen Road. Location confirmed by Darryl Jones.

1910s , Mary Mayfield , telephones , W.M. Truxaw , West Texas Avenue

Author: Sterling Municipal Library
Posted on: Friday 27 December 2019
Dimensions: 4984*3456
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Keywords: 1910s, Mary Mayfield, telephones, W.M. Truxaw, West Texas Avenue
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