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These switchboard operators in Building 3 handled the phone calls coming into NIH, connecting incoming callers at a time when each office or laboratory had few phones. In 1953, a larger switchboard was added in the Clinical Center. At least they look like they enjoyed their jobs!

NIH telephone switchboard operators

Category: NIH History

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