Curator's note | Large numbers of women were employed as local and long distance operators as SaskTel expanded its operations throughout the province. According to one former SaskTel operator, male clerks had earlier been employed in these functions but women were soon the great majority. According to the retired operator women were seen as better able to handle and defuse the abuse and complaints presented by clients. |
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Title | SaskTel Operators |
Date | [ca. 1940s] |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | A long line of telephone operators at work. |
Repository | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room |
Fonds/collection | Hillyard Photographs Collection | Credits | Hillyard, Leonard |
Retrieval information | B-6596 |
Occupation(s) |
Telephone operators |
Theme(s) |
The Office |
Database ID | 36981 |