File:Women at Sunset Telephone switchboard, ca 1905 (MOHAI 6118).jpg
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English: Women at Sunset Telephone switchboard, ca. 1905
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Webster & Stevens |
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English: Women at Sunset Telephone switchboard, ca. 1905 |
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English: In 1883, Sunset Telephone Company became Seattle's first telephone company. By 1893, the company offered local service long-distance calling to Portland. All local and long-distance calls were placed through operators, who connected callers manually through a switchboard. From the beginning, all operators at Sunset were women.
In this photo, two women connect callers at a telephone switchboard. Another woman, possibly their supervisor, looks on. The photo was taken sometime between 1903 and 1906 at the Sunset Telephone office on Third Avenue.
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English: Seattle (Wash.) |
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| Date | circa 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 glass negative: b&w |
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| Dimensions | height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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