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Title	Operator 25.
Place	New Haven County (Conn.)
Topic	Telephone operators Office furniture
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Southern New England Telephone Company
Theme	Environment Livelihood
Description	Woman with headset sitting at desk using a card file.
Notes	Location assumed to be near SNET headquarters, New Haven. "Performing a valuable community service, Operator 25 was the source of a wide variety of information including train schedules, public meeting times, weather forecasts and baseball scores. SNET President Morris Tyler instituted this practice to build public awareness of the usefulness of the telephone. In 1909, Operator 25 became 'Information.'"
Date created	[ca. 1908]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 9 x 14 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number UC1-760
Source	Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Collection	Southern New England Telephone Company Records.
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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