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Photograph caption dated September 15, 1960 reads, "They keep city informed - Telephone operators Colletta Goff, left, and Metta Helen Goodard are typical of today's mentally alert communications workers. They have demonstrated unusual ability in memorizing telephone numbers, proving today's operator is better trained, better educated than gal who used to keep town informed."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Telephone operators--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Telephone companies--United States Telephone companies--Employees Telephone--Directories San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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