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Caption: Telephone Operator at Work
Additional Description: Unused cords retract into the switchboard desktop with their plugs standing up at the ready at the bottom of the photograph, in pairs, front and rear. The operator grabs the rear plug and pulls up the cord to connect it and speak to the calling party. To complete the call, she pulls up the front plug and plugs it into the destination jack.
Submitted: March 1, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p301584
File Size: 0.153 Megabytes

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