Orland Historical Society Photograph Collection
Chicago Central Telephone Co. Operator

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Object ID C-12
Description The central telephone exchange of the Chicago Telephone Company was located in a second floor office on the west side of Beacon Avenue near 143rd Street. The woman operator wearing earphones and sitting in a high chair at the switchboard is Annie Arnold.
Classification Telephone/Business & Commerce//Communications & Public Utilities//Women
Condition Good
Date of photo circa 1908
People Arnold, Annie/
Photographer Unknown
Place Beacon Avenue near 143rd Street
Print size 2 1/2" x 4"
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