Sujet

Walthamstow Telephone exchange, London, 1910. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Walthamstow Telephone exchange, London, 1910. Female telephonists at the switchboard. On the wall are instructions concerning calls for the fire brigade. The first of the General Post Office's (manual) telephone exchanges opened in London in 1902. The heavy demand for service led to the opening of a second exchange in November 1907.
Museum of London

Date

1910

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum

Notre référence

HRM19A85_201

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,1Mo (1,1Mo) / 42,7cm x 31,8cm / 5040 x 3755 (300dpi)

Mots clés

batiment batiments Londres femmes femme personnes gens interieur fonctionnement travail le travail technologie communications seance fil metier raccordement profession services de secours panneau de commande dame concept standard console telephonist operateur analogue années 1910 20e siècle Museum of London photographie photographie