1

Sheldon Davis with his class at telephone school
1949
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis

2

Annual convention of The Independent Telephone Association
Circa 1950's
King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis

3

Executive of Independent Telephone Association
Circa 1950
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis

4

Telephone school to train telephone people
1940
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis

5

An early line crew working on telephone lines.
Circa 1921
Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
The Eganville Leader Newspaper

6

Telephone school in Montreal to train maintenance personnel sponsored by Bell.
1920
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis

7

The job of the early operators was long and boring because of low number of telephones.
1902
Bell Canada Switchboard, J. Chanonhouse, Bonnechere Street, Eganville, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
The Eganville Leader
Bell Canada

8

Chanonhouse Drug Store building left of clocktower - Housed the first swithchboard in Eganville, ON
After 1911 Eganville fire about 1913
Bell Canada Switchboard, J. Chanonhouse, Bonnechere Street, Eganville, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
The Eganville Leader
Bell Canada

9

Leslie, Hazel, Sheldon (son) and Dawnalda (daughter) - Davis Telephone Company Owners 1920 - 1961
Circa 1956
Rankin, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Sheldon Davis