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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated January 10, 1955 partially reads, "Winding up 36 years as a telephone operator and service observer, Mrs. Eva G. Mercier of 13169 Aztec St., San Fernando, plans to get in a lot of fishing. Mrs. Mercier started her telephone career in Indiana at $3.50 a week. She came to the Valley in 1944 and en route was caught in a Midwest blizzard. She went to work for the Pacific Telephone Co. in Burbank and remained there until her retirement when she was honored recently by some 70 fellow employes [sic]."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone operators--California--San Fernando Telephone companies--Employees Retirement--California--San Fernando Retirees--California--San Fernando Women--California--San Fernando San Fernando (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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