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Identifier
20158099
Description
Some long-distance telephone operators in Fort Worth walked off their jobs in protest against the heat in their working quarters. Shown here cooling off at a downtown drug store near the telephone building are, left to right, Quanogene Dorough, Myrna Faye Ridener, Sue Wilson and Imogene Clark. All four women are shown seated at a table while holding their glasses. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, August 16, 1951.
Archival Date
1951-08-15
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2649
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Telephone operators; Strikes; Telephone companies
Names
Dorough, Quanogene; Ridener, Myrna Faye; Wilson, Sue; Clark, Imogene
Subjects
Telephone operators; Strikes; Telephone companies