A reunion of Maine switchboard operators highlights the challenges of making a phone call more than 50 years ago and what it was like to handle... Telephone operators of another era gather to ...

The film "Long Distance" explores the significance of long-distance communication in America, highlighting the intricate network of wires and technologies that connect people across vast distances. It ...

Before smartphones, most people kept in touch using landline telephones. And before direct dialing was common, some calls were handled by switchboard operators. During the 1950s, more than 220,000 ...

This column was originally published on Nov. 7, 1993. The little group was made up of what you could call mature citizens, of which I was one, and we were talking about how things used to be. A woman ...

ST. LOUIS — Our Vintage KSDK goes back 69 years to the day long distance calling took a huge leap forward. On April 16, 1955, St. Louis Mayor Raymond Tucker placed a call to the mayor of San Francisco ...