Telephone exchange station, c 1896

Object detail

Accession number

13-0042

Description

shows exchange with 10 female operators; group of men watching. One female observer far left.

Marks

Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 21 x 29 cm.

Credit Line

Telephone exchange station, c 1896, 13-0042. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Telephones Communications file General Collection Telephone operators

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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- Walsh Memorial Library posted 3 years ago.

This is the Auckland exchange, 1898 or after. A photo of the 'new' switchboard without the operators can be seen here: http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&RF=HIORecordSearch&MR=5&QI0=%3D%22AWNS-18981125-1-2%22

- Nigel Stranaghan posted 3 years ago.

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