Friday flashback to vintage Brisbane of 1910 and an image of female telephonists being closely supervised at the Brisbane Central Telephone exchange.

 Image credit -  State Library of Queensland

Image credit – State Library of Queensland

The Brisbane city telephone exchange was located in Elizabeth Street.

Did you know that Professor Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, made a visit to the Brisbane central exchange whilst the installation of a new Brisbane Telephone Exchange was in progress?

 

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