Thessalon, Bell Telephone Ladies, 1929
Description
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- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This is a black and white photo of two women in the Bell Telephone Exchange on Main Street Thessalon. The light-haired woman standing in the centre of the photo is Bell manager Mrs. Mary Bell Currie. The younger dark-haired female sitting in front of a switchboard is reportedly Miss G. Gagne.
The work space is a narrow one, with shelves of wire cables in the right background. Miss Gagne wears a headset and speaks into a horn-like speaker.
- Notes
- Typewritten notes affixed to this photo read:"Miss G. Gagne is the "Hello Girl" in this vintage '29 picture taken at the Bell Telephone Co. Exchange on Main Street. Branch Manager, Mrs. Mary Bell Currie was then serving the telephone needs of 149 subscribers in and around Thessalon."
- Date of Original
- Circa 1929
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Local History
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.25006 Longitude: -83.5666
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Thessalon Union Public LibraryEmail:thessalonlib@thessalonlibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:187 Main St. Box 549
Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0
