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Early Nebraska telephones linked merchants and farmers in growth era
Nebraska State Historical Society mounts an exhibit on early phones from 1877 connections between Omaha and Council Bluffs to statewide spread by 1880s. The first exchange in Lincoln 1881 and rapid expansion left over 200000 phones by 1912. Early tech mixed receiver and transmitter causing listening speaking confusion.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society Museum
Lincoln
Central
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Louis Kerly
J. J. Dickey
Omaha Electric Company
Lincoln Telephone Exchange Company
Fremont City
Beatrice
Hastings
Nebraska City
McCook
Alliance
Falls