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3 “Photographs” scrapbooks: operators and equipment, late 1920s

 File — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes of photographs from Public Service equipment (telephones, substations and buses), operators, and staff groups from 1927-1960. Box 1, Folder 1-2 includes photos of equipment including substations and bus stops. Box 1, Folder 3, includes photos of staff operating equipment (mostly telephones). Box 1, Folder 4 includes photos of staff groups and events. Box 2 contains 3 scrapbooks from the late 1920s including mostly photographs of telephone operators, but also installed equipment including in the Newark News office. Two binders contain photos of operators and equipment. The majority of the photos in the entire collection seem to be of the telephone or telecommunications department, even including photos from AT&T of new equipment. However, there are also many photos of bus stops (which would be under Public Service Coordinated Transport), as well as electrical substations (presumably part of PSE&G as of 1928).

Dates

  • late 1920s

Extent

From the Collection: 1.25 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes, 2 binders)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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