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Handling Royal calls while train is in Toronto, The flying fingers of these three Toronto telephone operators will flip plugs and switches on the swit(...)
Handling Royal calls while train is in Toronto, The flying fingers of these three Toronto telephone operators will flip plugs and switches on the swit(...)

Handling Royal calls while train is in Toronto, The flying fingers of these three Toronto telephone operators will flip plugs and switches on the swit(...)

Date5/15/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Handling Royal calls while train is in Toronto; The flying fingers of these three Toronto telephone operators will flip plugs and switches on the switchboard on the royal train while it is in Toronto; handling all calls made or received by the King and Queen and their party.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122437F
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