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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 08 September 1961 "Facilitating our speedy new telephone service is Mrs. L.M. Davies, our Post Office trained operator, who is ready throughout the day to direct your call to any of the 13 departments. Mrs. Davies has a special sound-proof booth, and is shown here in front of the keyboard from which the calls are directed."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
September 8, 1961
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_016521
Format
B&W negative
Held In
"Other"

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Taxonomy

Tags
1960s,
black and white,
manawatu evening standard,
telephone,
Community Tags
manawatu standard,
operators,
technology,
telephones,

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