Mike Lazer-Walker has repurposed a 1927 Western Electric 551-A switchboard into a hectic game that tasks players with quickly learning the obsolete job. “Hello, Operator!,” although controlled by a ...

They're still at it after 32 years: Their monthly "eat out" get-together followed by "Crazy Sevens," plugged together with stories from their days as telephone switchboard operators, such as of the ...

HINES, Minn. — The earliest telephone systems connected people, eased some of the loneliness and isolation of homesteaders who lived far from other family members, provided alarms in times of ...