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Title
752-4
Date(s)
- 1936 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1936. Switchboard operator at Tacoma General Hospital, circa 1936. To the right in the picture is the illuminated board invented by hospital superintendent C.J. Cummings. Listed on the board was each doctor at the hospital and to the right of the name was a light and a switch. When a doctor entered the building, he switched on the light next to his name, letting everyone know that he was in the building. (filed with Argentum) ("A House of Mercy" by Mildred Bates, RN)
Hospitals--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma); Switchboards--Tacoma--1930-1940; Telephone operators--Tacoma--1930-1940;