In the years before the First World War, many young women were employed as telephone operators. This group was photographed in Christchurch on Christmas Eve 1914.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: 1/1-005252-G Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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'Female telephone exchange operators', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/female-telephone-exchange-operators, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Mar-2016
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