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About 1,100 women will handle the local and long distance telephons calls
About 1,100 women will handle the local and long distance telephons calls

About 1,100 women will handle the local and long distance telephons calls

Date12/20/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: About 1;100 women will handle the local and long distance telephons calls. Bell Telephone supervisor Donna Shebeck will cook her first Christmas dinner before reporting for work
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109698F
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