116/118 N Cypress - 1960


Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Business Office
This 2-story building (listed variously as 116 and 118) houses the business office for the local phone company. Hammond is still using operators and phone numbers range from 1 (E E Herring Jr) to nearly 9999. Party Lines still exist, resulting in phone numbers such as 615J, 615R, and 615XM. Dial phones and 7-digit telephone numbers are still 2 years in the future.
Mr Pierre Pourcine is the office's manager. There is just one phone number to this office - 900.

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Page last updated 27 Nov 2002

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