Old Waverly Telephone Exchange before dial phone arrived in 1963. These women were among those replaced by automation. L-R: Ella Mae Schaefer, Barbara Kratchmer Uhlenhop, Betty Eilers Happel, and Juanita Gardner Close. Others not shown here were: Lenora Buehrer, Irva Bruns, Eleanor Hirssh, Cecella Hunt Woods, Leona Bandfield Nieman, Mae Ackman, and Rose Pape. Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page Old Waverly Telephone Exchange in the final week before dial phone arrived. A scene that be no more in Waverly, WD; 1 March 1963. In the newspaper the photo includes 10 operators and the supervisor. No names were given.
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 18A0061
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Old Waverly Telephone Exchange before dial phone arrived in 1963. These women were among those replaced by automation. L-R: Ella Mae Schaefer, Barbara Kratchmer Uhlenhop, Betty Eilers Happel, and Juanita Gardner Close. Others not shown here were: Lenora Buehrer, Irva Bruns, Eleanor Hirssh, Cecella Hunt Woods, Leona Bandfield Nieman, Mae Ackman, and Rose Pape. Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page Old Waverly Telephone Exchange in the final week before dial phone arrived. A scene that be no more in Waverly, WD; 1 March 1963. In the newspaper the photo includes 10 operators and the supervisor. No names were given. Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No. 18A0061