Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

Eventually to become affectionately known as “Old Betsy,” a Western Electric TBX-556A telephone switchboard went into service in 1958 in West Milford Town Hall to facilitate communication in the ...

There is no need to explain how technology has affected communication. The immediacy of information is now universal and certainly not respectful of time zones. Everybody with a computer, a laptop, a ...