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The only man in a room of 65 telephone operators, 22-year-old Jim Elliott, says he no longer startles callers who had expected to hear a woman's voice(...)
The only man in a room of 65 telephone operators, 22-year-old Jim Elliott, says he no longer startles callers who had expected to hear a woman's voice(...)

The only man in a room of 65 telephone operators, 22-year-old Jim Elliott, says he no longer startles callers who had expected to hear a woman's voice(...)

Date9/10/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: The only man in a room of 65 telephone operators; 22-year-old Jim Elliott; says he no longer startles callers who had expected to hear a woman's voice. He was one of the first male operators; now there are 60 of them in Toronto.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017902F
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