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Switchboard Attendant Collection

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935

The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: House Office Building - Telephone Exchange, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

House Office Building - Telephone Exchange, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House Office Building - Telephone Exchange, 1912

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Poro College; The publicity department; Telephone switch board, 1922. Creator: Unknown

Poro College; The publicity department; Telephone switch board, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Poro College; The publicity department; Telephone switch board, 1922

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917
Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. USA. Emma Nutt became the world's first female telephone operator when she was hired in 1878

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935)

First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935). Ringing Up " Uncle Sam"...the actual scene at the switchboard when London spoke to America by radio

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: London-New York Telephone Service, c1930. Creator: Unknown

London-New York Telephone Service, c1930. Creator: Unknown
London-New York Telephone Service, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Female workers in the telephone room, New York Stock Exchange, USA, early 1930s. Artist

Female workers in the telephone room, New York Stock Exchange, USA, early 1930s. Artist
Female workers in the telephone room, New York Stock Exchange, USA, early 1930s

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Inside a New York telephone exchange, USA, early 1930s

Inside a New York telephone exchange, USA, early 1930s

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Switch board operator, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. Artist

Switch board operator, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. Artist
Switch board operator, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. A late 1950s style plug in telephone switch board

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: To Sit There And Carry On as though nothing was happening outside was not easy, 1941 (1942)

To Sit There And Carry On as though nothing was happening outside was not easy, 1941 (1942). G.P.O and Control Centre telephonists were called upon to do their ordinary jobs coolly

Background imageSwitchboard Attendant Collection: Switchboard operators at work, early 20th century

Switchboard operators at work, early 20th century


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