Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The three women stand beside the train tracks in hats and gloves. The two young women, secretary and phone operating staff to the President and First Lady, as well as Miss Eben's mother, are visiting Los Angeles and will eventually return to Washington by way of the Panama Canal. Photograph appears with the article, "White House Phone Girl Pays Los Angeles Visit," Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug 1935: 5. Text from negative sleeve: 1904 - Geraldine Eben Louise Hackmeister x Mrs. Mary Eben White House Tel. Operator 8/28/35 [stamped:] Sep 4- 1935 Handwritten on negative: 130 130 Gertrude Eben Miss Louise Hackmeister Mrs. Mary Eben Text from newspaper caption: Miss Louise Hackmeister, chief operator of President Roosevelt's personal telephone switchboard, center, is shown on her arrival here yesterday with Miss Geraldine Eben, left, and the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary Eben. Mrs. Eben is secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8213 ark:/21198/zz002dg22b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Telephone operators--California--Los Angeles Travel--California--Los Angeles Railroads--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Eben, Geraldine Hackmeister, Louise Eben, Mary
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