File:Woman at switchboard, Seattle, ca 1922 (MOHAI 1042).jpg

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English: Woman at switchboard, Seattle, ca. 1922   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Woman at switchboard, Seattle, ca. 1922
Description
English:

Today, telephone call connections are made electronically. At first, however, each connection had to be made individually by an operator at a switchboard. This was a popular job for women. In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, a Seattle telephone operator uses a telephone switchboard to connect people who've called with the people they're calling.

Handwritten on sleeve: Telephone Girls Switchboard Girls. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Telephone switchboards--Washington (State)--Seattle; Telephone operators--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Apparently the same woman, probably the same photo session.
    Apparently the same woman, probably the same photo session.
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1922
date QS:P571,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
1042
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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