Built in purse holders on the chairs, that’s kind of neat.
Probably something like this model, with a spring at the bottom to accommodate various purse sizes: [https://imgur.com/a/JgZwshJ](https://imgur.com/a/JgZwshJ)
Lord-Velveeta on
Phone company and private business switchboards like that were still in operation in some places up to the mid 80s. One of my friends worked a business switchboard that looked a lot like that in 1985.
RouxMaux on
These were coveted jobs!
lostinspacescream on
My grandmother was a switchboard operator most of her life. When my parents got married they wouldn’t tell anyone in which hotel they were staying but she used her operator powers to figure it out and call them. 😂
Technical_Bell5745 on
My Mom was a telephone operator for her entire career. Only once did I get her as my operator. I making a collect call from a pay phone and got her as my operator…
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Built in purse holders on the chairs, that’s kind of neat.
Probably something like this model, with a spring at the bottom to accommodate various purse sizes: [https://imgur.com/a/JgZwshJ](https://imgur.com/a/JgZwshJ)
Phone company and private business switchboards like that were still in operation in some places up to the mid 80s. One of my friends worked a business switchboard that looked a lot like that in 1985.
These were coveted jobs!
My grandmother was a switchboard operator most of her life. When my parents got married they wouldn’t tell anyone in which hotel they were staying but she used her operator powers to figure it out and call them. 😂
My Mom was a telephone operator for her entire career. Only once did I get her as my operator. I making a collect call from a pay phone and got her as my operator…