[Telephone Line Crew Camp]

Photograph of Texas long-distance telephone line crew camp. Donald Stephenson (4th from the left) accidentally blew off the index and middle fingers on his left hand when a dynamite cap exploded in his hand during this time.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Installing Telephone Pole]

Photograph of a telephone crew putting up a telephone pole on Pecan and First Street in Hico, Texas.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History