<p>Renton's first telephone exchange was located inside Boisseau's Confectionary on Third Avenue and Main Street. This photo, probably taken sometime around 1900, shows the interior of the candy store. Sweets and other snacks fill the counters. Bertha Boisseau, the town's first telephone operator, sits at the switchboard, next to a small coal stove.</p>
<p>Original photograph: ca. 1900. Copied in 1976 by the Museum of History and Industry.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Confectioneries; Interiors; Stores &amp; shops; Telephone operators; Telephone switchboards; Women--Employment</li></ul>
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