Lincoln Area Newspaper Index and Historic Images Collection

Telephone Exchange - 3 Switchboard Operators

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
Three female switchboard operators turn from their boards and look at the camera.
Notes
Operators are, from left, Elsie Barns, Lena (Book) Allan, abd Blanche Huntsman. This particular building was located on the south-east corner of King St. and Mountain Rd. It was later moved to the north-east corner of King St. and Ontario St. By 1945, Blanche Huntsman had become the head operator. This photo was probably taken about 1935. (Information courtesy of Dorothy Burch, a former operator herself.)
Inscriptions
Lena (Book) Allan
Property of Telephone Historical Collection : The Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
Subject(s)
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.16681 Longitude: -79.48291
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