MAKE A MEME View Large Image Telephone exchange Montreal QE3 33.jpg Women operators working at the Bell Telephone Company exchange in Montreal Quebec Canada <p> original caption THE BELL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE MONTREAL - London has still a good deal to learn both from ...
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Keywords: Telephone exchange Montreal QE3 33.jpg Women operators working at the Bell Telephone Company exchange in Montreal Quebec Canada <p> original caption THE BELL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE MONTREAL - London has still a good deal to learn both from large provincial towns and from the great Colonial capitals in the matter of Telephone Exchanges and efficient telephonic communication We here see the interior of a very well-equipped office in Montreal The operating room which is feet long is well lit by a large skylight in the roof The operators as it will be seen are all ladies Owing to the general use of return wires and to the absence of the very great amount of induction which exists in London the telephone has hitherto been adopted with greater readiness in the Colonies and in the large towns than in the Metropolis In Montreal not to be on the telephone is the exception Hitherto the contrary has been the case in London Now however great strides are being made in the direction of providing proper exchanges and adequate return wires in London and it is to be hoped that before long neither Montreal nor Manchester will be able to reproach the capital with its backwardness The Queen's Empire Volume 3 Cassell Co London 1897 1899 Various photographers for Cassell Co PD-Canada PD-old-70-1923 The Queen's Empire book Bell Canada Telephone operators Telephone exchanges in Canada 1897 in Montreal Labour history of Canada 1890s photographs
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