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Item
Title
D20613-D
Date(s)
- 1945 (Creation)
Extent
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1945. Military Telephone Center. Military men are used to waiting and as this very crowded room testifies, the wait-time appears long for those wanting to make personal calls at this military telephone center. Both Fort Lewis and Camp Murray established telephone call centers during WWII so that soldiers could make contact with their families or friends. The number of men clearly outnumbers the waiting room's chairs and many had to remain standing. Various magazines and newspapers are being read to while the time away. Photograph ordered by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Communication facilities; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Peace--Tacoma; Waiting rooms;