White House Switchboard Operators
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This photograph of White House switchboard operators was taken in June 1975 by Len Lahman during the Gerald R. Ford administration. The operators worked in the Old Executive Office Building, which was rededicated as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building by President George W. Bush in 2002. The ten-position Western Electric switchboard was installed in 1963. Switchboard operators answered thousands of calls every day.
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© 1975 White House Historical Association
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June 1975
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Len Vaughn-Lahman
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This photograph of White House switchboard operators was taken in June 1975 by Len Lahman during the Gerald R. Ford administration. The operators worked in the Old Executive Office Building, which was rededicated as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building by President George W. Bush in 2002. The ten-position Western Electric switchboard was installed in 1963. Switchboard operators answered thousands of calls every day.
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1975-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
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Ford Admin
("The operators work in a sub-basement suite of the Old Executive Office Building, next door to the White House." The 10-position Western Electric switchboard has been in use by 1963. -- quoted from NYT, March 14, 1983 --https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/14/us/whitehouse-a-switchboard-that-is-justly-fabled.html)
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The Living White House 5th edition p.114
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