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Telephone switchboard, Sweden, 1953 (photo)

Telephone switchboard, Sweden, 1953 (photo)
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SJB7412686
Image title
Telephone switchboard, Sweden, 1953 (photo)
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Medium
photograph
Date
1953 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

Telephony in the 1950s. A woman working at a telephone switchboard as it's operator. A telephone communication system that was manually operated where the incoming calls were forwarded and redirected to the another telephone number by the operator, in this case locally within the building serving a company or an organization with many internal telephone lines. The switchboard operator could take messages, put you on hold if the line was busy. Sweden 1953. This picture is taken at a switchboard at a Stockholm Taxi company, connecting answering and connecting calls from customers and drivers

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© Classic Picture Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / 1950s / desk / telephone booth / phone / communication / chair / furniture / colour / employment / woman / history / worker / switchboard operator / Sweden / Europe / Scandinavia / technology / photo / mzphoto / interior / employee / office building

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