Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

2-917-578 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Telephone operators, between 1914 and 1917. USA. Emma Nutt became the world's first female telephone operator when she was hired in 1878. Young women were expected to be innately polite, compared with men who lacked patience, and indulged in behaviour such as pranks and swearing.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Harris & Ewing, attributed to: American: Photographer, photography company, photography studio
People Related
  1. Martha Ewing: American: Photographer
  2. George W. Harris: : Photographer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Glass negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 10211x7413
File Size : 73,921kb


Aliases

  1. 2016853369
  1. 1010014591
  1. 2-917-578
  1. 2016853369
  1. 2917578

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