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Description
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."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00143835 Valley Times Collection HCNVT_d052_f25_i20 CARL0005837860 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/72814
Subject
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
