![Operators have always been a fashionable lot. Note the bobby sox and saddle shoes. c. 1951](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/12/27/download-2-_wide-94258c51b430883b421adddf9c727995ae93ee37.jpeg?s=600)
A reunion of Maine switchboard operators highlights the challenges of making a phone call 50 years ago and what it was like then to handle emergencies, rude customers and delicate situations.
(Image credit: he Telecommunications History Group, Inc.)
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