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Heroines of the Switchboard Reveal Daring Operators
An early 20th century portrait of telephone operators who stay at their posts during floods and fires to save lives and property. The piece highlights Mrs. Dalla Rooke during the Cimarron Creek flood near Volsom New Mexico in 1908, along with Greenwich Connecticut and other operators who thwart disasters by swift, calm action and alerting authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalla Rooke
Volsom
New Mexico
Bolsom Exchange
Bolsom
Polsom
Folsom
Dada Rooke
Greenwich
Connecticut
New York
Portchester
Stamford
Glenville
Mianus
Clara Talbot
Southern
New England
Alice Gronald
Iris
New York Telephone Company
Mount Vernon
Pelham
Bird’s Saloon
Lewis and Gates
Miss Post
Josephine Seibert
Glassboro
New Jersey
Camden
Mercy
Indiana
Chicago
Katherine O’brien
John Fox
Democratic Club of
East Fiftieth Street
Central
Miss Hello
Nellie Brigham
Putnam
Hast Woodstock
eWell
Cisenitin
West Brighton
Staten Island
Exchange