Telephone Switchboard Operators
DateNovember 1953
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque National Bank
Object numberPA1980.187.521
DescriptionWomen sit at long-distance telephone switchboards and connect phone calls at Mountain States Telephone Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The women are seated in metal chairs in front of the switchboards. Two women are walking behind the seated telephone operators. The women are wearing headseats. Most of the women are reaching toward the switchboard to connect or disconnect calls.On View
Not on viewTerms
November 1953
November 1953
November 1953
November 1953
November 1953
ca. 1935
Estella Mae Wheeler