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Joy Marfitano, with her headset on her shoulder, standing in front of the Mountain Bell building. Mountain Bell started in 1936 and Joy was a switchboard operator.
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A directory of subscribers for the Eagle Valley Telephone Company exchange at Eagle, Colorado. The directory is dated May 1, 1927 and includes rates for installation, service, private telephone lines, and business lines. At the time, telephones were large and attached to the wall; customers could often hear other conversations while on the line. A phone number was 3-4 numbers long. All customers-- both residential and business-- are listed together...
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A directory of subscribers for the Eagle Valley Telephone Company exchange at Eagle, Colorado. The directory is dated January 1, 1935 and includes rates for installation, service, private telephone lines, and business lines. Telephones were becoming more modern: by 1935, telephones had a receiver to put to your ear and a stand, much of the same design they would have for the next 50 years. 1935 was also the year of the first telephone call made around...
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Mrs. Carlson, mother of Betty Carlson (manager of the phone company at the time) and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) in front of the Red Cliff telephone office. The office was north of the "Red and White Grocery Store" (building still standing in 2010) at the East end of Monument St. and Eagle St.