Utility Changeover with "Stick" Poles in early IL town
By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted December 8, 2007 View Original: Click to zoom, then click to magnify (820 x 482) 48KB
Photo taken in Mason, IL around 1910-1915 with what looks like rather primitive "stick" poles adjacent to each other. I'm unsure which is the newer of the poles seen here and whether these are telegraph, telephone lines, etc.