old fashioned "phone numbers"
Close-up of the instruction sheet for a telephone operator's switchboard. This selection is for party line #7, which had 11 customers.
The operator connected the customers on their party lines, each with their own "ring signal" (3 short, 1 long, 2 shorts, etc. in different combinations) facilitated by the switchboard operator.
Guess you had to listen carefully for the right set of rings. :-)
old fashioned "phone numbers"
Close-up of the instruction sheet for a telephone operator's switchboard. This selection is for party line #7, which had 11 customers.
The operator connected the customers on their party lines, each with their own "ring signal" (3 short, 1 long, 2 shorts, etc. in different combinations) facilitated by the switchboard operator.
Guess you had to listen carefully for the right set of rings. :-)