Discover the early days in telephone exchanges with this fun, augmented video. It's free and complete at 500ways.com/telephone-hi... ( #telephone, #USHistory, #phone, #telephoneExchange, #operator, #telephoneOperator, #dialPhone, #phoneExchange, #switchboard, #switchboardOperator)

Discover the early days in telephone exchanges with this fun, augmented video. It's free and complete at auxvid.com/telephone-hi... ( #telephone, #USHistory, #phone, #telephoneExchange, #operator, #telephoneOperator, #dialPhone, #phoneExchange, #switchboard, #switchboardOperator)

#THISWEEK in 1946
‘Sounds like*opportunity* to me!’
Bell Telephone System
*Collier’s*, June 8, 1946
#employment #BellTelephoneSystem #TelephoneOperator #telephones #illustration #illustrationart #1940s

If May the Fourth can be #StarWarsDay, then 4/11 should be Directory Assistance Operator Appreciation Day. It occurs to me that some millennials (and all of Gen Alpha) have likely never spoken to a human #TelephoneOperator. Well, not in a professional capacity, anyway. #CityPlease