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Description: | A row of neatly dressed telephonists with coiffed and Kirby-gripped hair work the switchboard at the telephone exchange in 55 Broadway.
The women have heavy-looking mouthpieces hanging round their necks, leaving both hands free to manipulate the exchange.
The role of telephonist, confined to the exchange and heavily supervised, was seen as appropriate for women. A supervisor would even chaperone young ladies to parties, if required. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Work | Temporal: | Apr 1956 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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