Hilton Hotel Switchboard Operator
Photographer
Barnes & Caplin
Dateca. 1949
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (23.7 × 18.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.180.578.A
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 and is on the left side of the frame. She is wearing a light-colored dress. She is holding a microphone up to her mouth. The desk in front of her is covered in switches. A stand on the desk has numerous addresses and numbers on small bits of paper on it. A notepad can be seen on the desk. A jacket can be seen draped over the back of the chair the woman is standing on.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
November 1953
ca. 1935
November 1953
November 1953
November 1953
