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Telephone Switchboard, Richardson, Texas

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Woman switchboard operator, seated at manual switchboard, wearing earphones. Pictures on wall, including advertisement for Remington typewriter with female typist. Numerous wires and connectors visible. The woman has been identified variously as Stella Moody, Mayfair Griffin, and Mrs. Strait, wife of Bill Strait, telephone lineman.

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Creator: Unknown. 1900~.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Texas History Collection and was provided by the Richardson Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 386 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Woman switchboard operator, seated at manual switchboard, wearing earphones. Pictures on wall, including advertisement for Remington typewriter with female typist. Numerous wires and connectors visible.
The woman has been identified variously as Stella Moody, Mayfair Griffin, and Mrs. Strait, wife of Bill Strait, telephone lineman.

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The woman has been identified variously as Stella Moody, Mayfair Griffin, and Mrs. Strait, wife of Bill Strait, telephone lineman.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: RPLbu003
  • Accession or Local Control No: Folder Bu 3
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth3137

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Texas History Collection

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  • 1900~

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  • May 10, 2005, 10:12 a.m.

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  • April 21, 2016, 11:09 a.m.

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Telephone Switchboard, Richardson, Texas, photograph, 1900~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3137/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richardson Public Library.

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