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Female telephone exchange operators

In the years before the First World War, many young women were employed as telephone operators. This group was photographed in Christchurch on Christmas Eve 1914. 

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-005252-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Female telephone exchange operators, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/female-telephone-exchange-operators, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated