Call NumberX-2338Date1898SummaryA woman telephone operator is sitting at the first switchboard in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The headset she is wearing has a transmitter at mouth level, and wires connected to the board. Her surroundings include: an enclosing wooden railing with a single swinging gate, three calenders on the wall, two flags, a radiator with books on it, and a clock which reads 2:16. Electric lights hang overhead.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIdaho Springs (Colo.)Telephone operators--Colorado--Idaho SpringsGeographic AreaIdaho Springs (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002338Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F26749. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100023384
First switchboard in Idaho Springs, Anna McKinley (1898). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1026997
