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Telephone exchange; 3

Telephone exchange, 3
Name/Title
Telephone exchange
About this object
The photo shows the telephone exchange being operated by one of the museum volunteers. She had previously worked on this very exchange.
Object Type
Telephone exchange
Object number
3

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manual
operator
telephone exchange
volunteer


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Pam H formerly Riverton Tel Exch Opr26 Apr 2009 21:18 PM,UTC
In order to answer an incoming call, an operator would need to pick up any plug from the row at the rear, not the front. The operator in the picture is incorrectly picking up a plug from the front row.