Oil Industry / Sacramento, California / Yosemite Valley, California / Telephone and Telegraph Communications Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Oil field, tanks and derricks - men on top of tanks - workers at base of derrick - work on large pipe - pipe turns - tractor - men examine small ditch shored with boards - derrick. [1921] b. High monument in a city square - tourists look out over city from balcony near top of monument - views of city with monument and domed building from observation point - monument with curved facade, statuary, pedestrian, automobile, and horse-drawn vehicle traffic - large house on a hilltop - lodge, looking out of open door, tourists. [1922] c. Views of rocky canyon - cars on mountain road - various views of waterfall - tourists. [1917] d. Women and girls in training session - two women at desk - switchboard, women operators and supervisor - women at opposite sides of table - switchboard and operator, Telephone GRK; distributing the tickets to operators. Switchboard, operator’s hands, coin collect. Rows of box doors with number windows [coin return] - switchboard, operators and supervisor - infirmary, nurse examines throat of woman worker, weighs her - switchboards, operators - switchboard with parts labeled - worker on telephone pole - girls in waiting room fill out forms, more girls and women enter, sit down - woman lectures to group, demonstrates use of head phone - girls at directory desk. Telephone girls; Long Distance; directory for long talks and routing. Women at switchboards - supervisor teaches operation to group at switchboard. Telephone girls; Chief operator. Girl at switchboard - operator’s hands at work - views of switch-boards, operators and supervisors. [1919]
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