Elmira dial system [Unpublished]

Photo caption from published photos: "At top above [negative not found in 1940s negative envelopes] are former switchboard operators of the Elmira office of the Bell Telephone Co. The switch-over to the dial system occurred yesterday. Left to right are Misses Edna Carnochan, Laura Schmehl, Eileen Schmidt, Besale McCormick and Rita Hoffer. Lower left [negative not found in1940s negative envelopes] is Mayor B. H. Brown making the first call, and lower right [see 39-3 for closest version], Engineer Harry Hiscock testing the new equipment."

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Title: Elmira dial system [Unpublished]
Abstract: Photo caption from published photos: "At top above [negative not found in 1940s negative envelopes] are former switchboard operators of the Elmira office of the Bell Telephone Co. The switch-over to the dial system occurred yesterday. Left to right are Misses Edna Carnochan, Laura Schmehl, Eileen Schmidt, Besale McCormick and Rita Hoffer. Lower left [negative not found in1940s negative envelopes] is Mayor B. H. Brown making the first call, and lower right [see 39-3 for closest version], Engineer Harry Hiscock testing the new equipment."
Item description: Image of Harry Hiscock with telephone receiver at ear testing the new equipment.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff. Photo missing from envelope appeared on Page 3 of the Wednesday, January 24, 1940 edition of the newspaper as part of the photo feature: "At Switch-Over of Elmira Dial Equipment."
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 39-3
Identifier: 39-03_001
Date created: 1939
Date published: 1940-01-24
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 8 x 10 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Elmira (Woolwich, Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Elmira dial system [Unpublished]. 39-03_001.