Price, R B 1966-09-07
R. B. Price discusses the telephone service of Evant.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: R.B. Price
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: September 07, 1966
Location: Evant, Texas
Interviewer: Myres—Hampton
Length: 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: First telephone service,
Mr. H. Y. Price, father,
Background and life,
Before 1898,
Telephone to Lampasas,
Line from Star to Evant (1898),
Growth of telephone service in Evant,
R. B. Price’s work for his father,
Work as a derrick man,
Rebuilding the telephone company,
Selling in 1962,
Manufactures telephone equipment,
First telephone operators,
Rural telephone companies,
General Telephone Company,
Other telephone companies,
Bell Company activities,
Population—number of telephones,
Influence of World War II,
Cowhouse Creek.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1898-1962
Bulk Dates: 1898-1962
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