Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...

The 1897 Raithel and Murphy directory estimated the population of Jefferson City was 11,010. In that year, Jefferson City had 113 telephones. When the telephone reached Jefferson City is not known, ...

The telephone has undergone a drastic transformation since its invention, and there’s one place chronicling its evolution — the Roseville Telephone Museum. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made history ...

Having encountered the breathtaking Telephone Museum of New Mexico in Albuquerque on Route 66, it's hard to resist a trip down memory lane. According to the story by CNet, from Alexander Graham Bell, ...

On a recent Sunday, the Verizon Telephone Pioneers Museum in Commack transported visitors back to a time when telephones were not computers or cameras or gaming devices. At its open house, guests got ...

Miss Alice Sternad was busier than ever at the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company long distance switchboard on Christmas Day, 1946. She was one of 400 operators handling from 25,000 to 30,000 calls.

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from ...