skip to content
SNET logo, 1906
 

Southern New England Telephone Company:
The First Fifty Years, 1878-1928

Home

Introduction

Early Years

Operators

Linemen

Links

About the Exhibit



Next item >

< Previous item

 

The Operators


Switchboard. Hartford, 1883.
These operators were half of the force required to operate Hartford's switchboard when it was located at the corner of Main Street and Central Row. There were about 700 telephones in the city at that time. Miss Laura Palmer, center, served SNET for 47 years - the first woman to attain that record of service.

SNET operators in Hartford, 1883