Telephone line laying methods in the United States. Pictures of several men digging ditches and laying telephone lines. Men standing beside the ditch. A few men laying telephone lines using modern methods. Men at work and a tractor beside them. A man using an equipment to dig a man hole.
Telephone lines laid in the United States. A man at work on a telephone post. View of telephone cables laid over head. A tractor used to pull telephone cables beside a field. A ladder on the tractor. A man operating an equipment. A few men at work beside a man hole. The men unrolling a heavy duty cable from a huge holder. A tractor with equipment parked beside the men. A man at work with telephone wires beside a wall. The telephone wires kept in rolls. View of pipes along the walls.
Submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the United States. A cable ship at sea during the laying of the submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the telephone system of the United States. A few equipment on the ship. View of the submarine cable in the sea from the cable ship. Men at work on the cable ship. The cable being pulled by several men at a Cuban port. U.S. President Warren G. Harding, seated with other officials, during the commemoration of the completion of the cable to Cuba on April 11, 1921 in the United States. Harding and the officials talk on telephones using the newly completed cable line to Cuba.
Old versus modern (now vintage) telephone trucks in the United States. A truck trailer loaded with telephone poles driven through a wooded region. Two men on the truck. A few men unloading a telephone cable from a wheel cart. A truck with telephone line laying equipment in a wooded region. Men on the truck. A man beside the truck. Trees on both sides of the road. A modern updated telephone truck of the mid 1920's with mechanical devices fitted on to it be used in laying lines.
The last wire splice made in the New York-Chicago telephone line in the United States. This completed the storm proof long distance cable connection from New York to Chicago. Men exit cars on a grassy area. A number of people on a raised platform in the grassy area. Officials standing in a group. The officials watching a telephone official making the last of the wire splices for the New York-Chicago telephone line. Other officials standing beside him. A few telephone technicians fixing the splice in the heavy duty cable on the line. The officials raising their hats. A biplane aircraft in flight. View of the officials on the platform.
Telephone buildings in the past and the present in the United States. Pictures showing the Bell System telephone buildings in the past. A large number of present day buildings in which beauty and efficiency are maintained. View of telephone buildings in Cleveland, St.Louis, San Francisco and New York in 1926.
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