Item 73309 - Telegram office girls, Portland, 1924
- Item 73309 - Telegram office girls, Portland, 1924
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Image Info In 1924, Portland had three telegraph companies: American District Telegraph Co., Postal Telegraph Cable Co. and Western Union Telegraph.
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Women frequently worked as telegraph operators or as "office girls." However, by the late 1920s, telephones started to overtake telegraphy, limiting one career path for women, while opening others.
