TELEPHONE OPERATOR'S HOUSE
(1910 BOOMTOWN)

Western Development Museum
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
switchboard

The first phone in a community was often found in the general store.
By the early 1900s some shops and homes had phones.
The switchboard was set up in a private home.

Note: Telephone service arrived in Regina in 1887.
The telephone exchange was set up in a bookstore.
By 1905 there were about 2000 phones in larger communities.


kitchen
a kitchen with an iron stove


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