TBT: First telephone service in Wallaceburg, 1880’s

Throwback Thursday is sponsored by Haycock-Cavanagh Funeral Home:

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It’s Throwback Thursday once again!

Above is an old photograph of Kate McRae and Miss Callinge at the switchboard of the First Bell Telephone Exchange in Wallaceburg. It began in 1885 in the Chubb and Swainson Insurance office.

Thanks to Wallaceburg & District Museum for the photograph!

If you have an old photo that you would like to see on the Sydenham Current, e-mail us at sydenhamcurrent@gmail.com.

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