On This Day in Telephone History March 12TH 1888, the “Spirit of Service" painting inspired. The blizzard of 1888 brought huge snowdrifts into New York City and the eastern section of the United States. Overall restoration of telephone lines was not completed until May. The blizzard inspired "The Spirit of Service" painting by F. L. Merrill, posed by Lineman Angus A. MacDonald.

On This Day in Telephone History March 12TH 1888

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On This Day in Telephone History March 12TH 1888, the “Spirit of Service” painting inspired. The blizzard of 1888 brought huge snowdrifts into New York City and the eastern section of the United States. Overall restoration of telephone lines was not completed until May. The blizzard inspired “The Spirit of Service” painting by F. L. Merrill, posed by Lineman Angus A. MacDonald.