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Sepia-tone photo of Rita Field & other women telephone operators, Jersey City, n.d., ca. 1930-1935.
Photograph
Sepia-tone photograph of Rita Field and other women telephone operators, Jersey City, no date, circa 1930-1935.
8" x 10" wide print, damaged with large losses. Photographer not indicated. Reverse has multiple notations in pencil and ink.
Rita Field is first woman standing at the left. A Hoboken resident, she was known as Rita, but full name was Marguerite V. Hildemann prior to her marriage. None of the other twelve women are identified.
Notations on reverse:
[pencil]
Health Course N.J.
Jersey City
Montgomery Central Office Girls
[modern ink - blue]
Rita Field (2nd row 1st on left)
[modern ink - black]
Phone Operators
Identification by donors John & Mary Joy Field Sestanovich (Rita Field was her mother.)
2014.065.0040
2014.065
Sestanovich, John & Mary Joy Field
Gift
Gift of John & Mary Joy Field Sestanovich.
n/a
1930 - 1935
Jersey City
Date: 1930-1935
8 in
10 in
Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-10-16