Middletown, NY c.1910, Telephone Junction Box Pole
By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 9, 2013 View Original: Click to zoom, then click to magnify (820 x 525) 111KB
Here we see telephone open wire circuits along a line with a wooden junction box on the pole in the foreground.
This is a typical installation where openwire circuits were terminated for paired cables, as seen along the two runs of them beneath.