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[Wire Gang]

Description: Photograph of the wire gang, who set up the first long-distance phone lines from Waco, Texas to Belton, Texas. From left: Herbert Barrett, Frank Stone, H.C. Traylor, Srar Barrett, Chas. Straubs. The men are sitting on a wagon pulled by a couple of horses.
Date: 1910
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Telephone Crew]

Description: Photograph of Texas telephone line crew posing with tools. The child in front is William Donald Stephenson. The names of the crewmen are written below the photo.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Telephone Line Crew Camp]

Description: 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~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Women Participate in Walkout]

Description: Photograph of the faces of a small group of women walking together on the side of the street, as if they are all headed to the same place. The women are participating in the Telephone Walkout.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Partner: Midwestern State University
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