Hilton Hotel Switchboard Operator
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Dateca. 1949
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (18.4 × 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.578.B
DescriptionThis image depicts the female switchboard operator at the Hilton Hotel at Second Street and Copper Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The woman is seated at a desk. She is wearing a light-colored dress. The switch board can be seen directly in front of her. The top of the board consists of holes while the bottom of the board has numerous plugs that fit into the hole on it. She is currently plugging a wire into the board with her right hand while holding a speaker up to her ear with her left. A notepad with unidentifiable writings on it hangs from a hook to the left of the woman. An analog clock hangs from the wall above the switchboard.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
November 1953
November 1953
November 1953
ca. 1935
November 1953
November 1953
ca. 1992
ca. 1992
February 4, 1913