2 responses to “Telegraph in the olden days”

  1. Jason Bolton

    Hello
    My name is Jason Bolton my great grandfather was a telegraph operator trying to find out what company he worked for C.N. C.P Dominion. Or great western I would like to find out any info telegraphs he might have processed even a photo His name Hiram Alex Bolton born ,1858 died 1954

    1. Lisa Wilson Palmour

      Hello Jason, Very interesting! Thank you for your comment and sorry for the delay in responding. We will look into this to see if there are collections online that can assist in your search. Stay tuned! Regards, Digitization Centre Team

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