Morse code

Date: 1940 - 1945

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating the the Post Office and postal and telegraph services]

Reference: Eph-A-POST-1940s-01

Description: Christmas greeting card shows cut-out cover illustration of a steam engine labelled Trentham, pulling a trailer labelled Morse and Creed Radio, and further trailers labelled te. messages, Typing & Tel Exchange, Scrap Paper and Plug Paste. On the back is a list of the instructors at the School: Principal F S Reed and instructors J F Jobson, F W S Morley, L E Downes, J A West, I F Douglas, R Dick, W P Nicholas, Miss I M Cooper, Miss M M McMullen, Miss M M McAfee. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mimeograph on card folded to 109 x 87 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mary Casey, Plimmerton, 2013. Donor is daughter of Mr J F Jobson. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00796 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at PA-Group-00796.

Date: 1950

By: Electric Lamp House Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-ELECTRICITY-1950-01

Description: Sales catalogue for products of the company, including lighting, irons, radios, perming kits, toasters, electrical appliances, handyman's sundries, war surplus bargains (microphones, remote control units), radio harware, valves, electric circuitry, morse code oscillator Other Titles - Catalogue Quantity: 1 volume(s) catalogue book.. Physical Description: Catalogue of 128 pages, illustrated, 270 x 220 mm.

Date: 18 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Scadden, William Leslie, 1898-1995

Reference: OHInt-0070/15

Description: Les Scadden describes family background, childhood in Blenheim, education, joining the Post Office as message boy in 1912 after working on temporary staff over Christmas, details of the Christmas greetings telegram, the Blenheim Post Office in 1912, discipline, duties, hours, gas lamps in streets, transport, telegram delivery, promotion levels, wages, telegraphists held 'in high esteem', Blenheim as an important telegraph station, telegraph sounders, repeaters, information for horse racing, Cook Strait cable, faults, testing, repairs, postmaster at Blenheim - E H Northcroft, system for keeping statistical records, gender and race of employees, electric current produced on wet cell batteries, testing the circuits. Explains becoming a cadet for Engineering Branch, Dunedin in 1915, erecting new telephone lines, the telephone rating system, private lines, cadet qualifications, training overseas as infantryman, machine gunner and Signals Corps member during World War I, influenza epidemic of 1918, duties in Engineers' Office, Wellington in 1919, the new automatic exchanges, underground cables, duties as assistant supervisor at Engineers' Branch in 1929, difficulties in recruiting staff, effect of Depression in 1930s, work as paymaster, Engineering Branch, Wellington in 1920s, details of planning route for pay day, security for pay day delivery, duties as examiner at Accounts Branch, Wellington in 1931, work as accountant at Wellington District Office in the 1930s, the Power Samas machine for financial control and staffing requirements, the foreign mail system, rivalry between postal and engineers' branches, taking over the clerical organisation of the Radio Section during World War II, mention of Post Office workers in coastal watching stations killed on Tarawa by Japanese during war, changes in requirements for employees of Engineering Branches, directors general, first radio broadcast, social life at the Post Office, retirement. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Les Scadden's home at Raumati in Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000798 - OHC-000800 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.58 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 126. Black and white photographs as follows:. Les Scadden and Albert Scadden, undated. Les Scadden and two sisters, undated Search dates: 1898 - 1984

Date: 8 December 1984 - 08 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Jewiss, Israel, 1895-1986

Reference: OHInt-0070/07

Description: Ray Jewiss recalls family background and childhood St Bathans, Central Otago, work as message boy at St Bathans Post Office, R W Noake the postmaster, details of layout, delivery of gold through mail system, courting couples, hotel, duties of message boy, communications, Mr Hazeldine (?) the magistrate, the banks - Bank of New Zealand and Bank of New South Wales, working at Telegraph Branch Dunedin in 1913, boarding houses in Wellington, learning telegraphy at Telegraph School Wellington, work as a telegraphist at Caversham Post Office, Dunedin, uniform and clothing, salary. Discusses Mr Veitch the Chief Engineer at Dunedin, work at Roslyn Post Office Dunedin, work as junior clerk at the Engineers' Office in Dunedin, female employees in the Post Office, social life, visit by Sir Joseph Ward to the St Bathans' Post Office. Details work as a teacher at the Post and Telegraph Correspondence School, Wellington 1918-1951, various staff, H T Dawson, the standard of teaching, promotion, team spirit in the Post Office, retirement. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Ray Jewiss's home at Howick, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000792B - OHC-000794 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.29 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 117. Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Date: 30 Nov, 7 & 8 Dec 1984; 24 Jan, 1 Feb 1985 - 30 Nov 1984 - 01 Feb 1985

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Mather, Samuel, 1903-1986

Reference: OHInt-0070/10

Description: Sam Mather recalls family background and religion in family. Discusses female employees in the Post Office, Maori employees, post-retirement work at Education Board, playing the cornet in the Waihi Federal Band, major illness in 1958 and earlier illnesses. Describes work as message boy at Otane Post Office in 1916, duties, hours, postmaster and other staff. Briefly discusses later involvement in Labour party in Onslow Electorate and mentions union newspaper Katipo. Talks about childhood, education, arrival in New Zealand in 1913, salary in first job (as message boy) in the Post Office, interest in photography, work as exchange clerk at Waipawa Post Office in 1918, shift work, effect of World War I on staffing, toll board, subscriber board, rotation and duty hours, pay rates, pressure, interest in morse, gifts from subscribers, effect of influenza epidemic in 1918, going to Telegraph School at Ponsonby, Auckland in 1920, life and expenses, Auckland picture theatres, speed of sending, quality of hand writing, working hours, personalities. Describes transfer to Engineers' Clerical Branch in 1924, procedure for obtaining a radio licence, murder of Ponsonby Postmaster - Brathwaite (?) in early 1920s, the 1920 railway strike, being a cadet at Opotiki Post Office in 1920, the postmaster - George Stephenson, playing in brass bands, an orchestra and a dance band, transfer to relief staff in Waihi in 1922, the postmaster - Hugh Dawson, Waihi as a place, the Waihi Brass Band, prohibition of alcohol in Waihi, anecdotes about gold. Talks about his transfer to Kaikohe in 1923, the Ngapuhi people, postmaster P J Eccleton, mail days, mail sorting, volume of mail, telegraph work, banking work. Discusses promotion, salaries and examinations while at the Engineers' Office, the usefulness of the experience for clerical work, radio inspection work. Talks about Post and Telegraph Association and election as chairman of the Auckland Section in 1930, salary cuts. Recalls and gives details of the Queen Street riot (Auckland) of 1932. Details the Post and Telegraph Association procession and public meeting, the role of John A Lee, J H McKenzie, Jim Edwards, unemployed group, atmosphere, looting, comparison with Auckland riot on December 1984. Discusses the de-recognition of the Post and Telegraph Association following the riot. Mentions the formation of the Post and Telegraph Officers Guild in the 1930s. Outlines the main issues fought for by the association. Describes attitudes of directors-general to the association, absence of strikes, the death benefit, leaving Post Office to become a full time secretary of the association in 1939, service in Wellington during World War II. Discusses influence of the association on senior appointments. Mentions Charles McFarlane, Dawson Donaldson, Walter Nash, Gabriel Wilkes, Outlines work as General Secretary from 1946-1958, wage reviews and superannuation fund in 1946, the Public Service Investment Society, contact with members of the association. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - At Sam Mather's home at Ngaio, Wellington and Ward 25, Wellington Hospital Accompanying material - Copies of newspaper articles: 'Lifetime service to Post Office and its staff: fine record of Mr Mather' from The Standard, 16 April 1958; 'Past General Secretary honoured' from The Katipo, February 1976, p. 19; 'P S Employees farewell two', from unknown source. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000743-OHC-000745; OHC-000758; OHC-000760; OHC-000768-OHC-000769 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 120. Search dates: 1903 - 1984

Date: 19 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Norriss, Lewis Edward, 1895-1992

Reference: OHInt-0070/12

Description: Lew Norriss describes his family background, childhood, education, early work in bookbinding section of Nelson Evening Mail, the town of Nelson ca 1908, work as a message boy at the Port of Nelson in 1909, postmaster - Clem Eggleton, post office building, mail boats, the sinking of the ship 'Kowhai', duties, salary, the local policeman, the publican at the Pier Hotel, working conditions, uniform, work as postal messenger in the mailroom at Nelson Post Office ca 1911, other staff, the watersiders' strike in 1913, work as telegraph cadet at Nelson Post Office in 1913, speed of sending morse, different styles of sending which could be hard or easy to read. Recalls service in France during World War I, the scene at the Somme in 1916, being wounded and the amputation of his leg, being sent to wireless school at Wimbledon, England, becoming an instructor, return to New Zealand in 1918, Armistice Day in Nelson, work as telegraphist at Taihape Post Office 1919-1929, difficulty in settling down, marriage to Alice Woolhouse. Describes the introduction of motor registration, differences in quad and duplex sets, local identities in Taihape in the 1920s, effect of the Depression in 1930s, sealing of mail bags, work as postmaster at Paraparaumu Post Office in early 1930s, the staff, hours, mail delivery. Describes work as supervisor of telegraph at Whakatane Post Office in 1930s, details of duties, refers to Tim Cummings who was in charge of police station, post office security, in charge of signals in the Home Guard during World War II, duties as postmaster at Kilbirnie Post Office, Wellington in 1940s, relationship with inspectors, retirement. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Raumati Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Lew Norriss's home at Raumati in Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000801 - OHC-000803 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.28 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 123. Black and white photographs as follows:. Lew Norriss, ca 1917. Lew Norriss in group photograph of staff at telegraph office, Nelson in 1919. Lew Norriss and counter staff at Kilbirnie Post Office in 1944. Lew Norriss at opening of Paraparaumu Automatic Telephone Exchange, undated Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Date: 24 Nov 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Sinclair, John Douglas Joseph, 1907-1993

Reference: OHInt-0070/16

Description: Jack Sinclair recalls his family background, childhood, influenza epidemic in Te Aroha. Describes education, joining the Te Aroha Post Office as a message boy in 1923, daily work routine, delivering the telegrams, the uniform, layout of the post office, delivering letters, learning morse, salary, work as a postman at Napier Post Office in 1926, social aspect of being a postman, work as operator at telephone exchange at Napier Post Office in 1926, discipline, female employees, work as exchange clerk at Hastings in 1927, personal service, waiting for toll calls, interest in radio. Recalls Napier earthquake in 1931, experiencing the earthquake, getting communications going again, digging for bodies, the impact on the post office building. Outlines duties as mechanician at Hastings Telephone Exchange 1928-1945. Mentions privately owned party lines and private linemen, slow promotion, the Creed teleprinter, trade certificates, interest in ham radio. Recalls marriage to Elsie Barclay delayed by Napier earthquake, duties during World War II at telephone exchange, Strowger automatic telephone exchange, work as chief technician at Nelson in 1945, radio telephones in taxis, playing banjo in the Garth Simpson Orchestra, social life, installing the automatic exchange. Mentions introduction of 111 emergency dialling into Masterton in 1958. Discusses duties as Chief Technician in Dunedin in mid 1960s, retirement, Jack Churchill of Post Office Association, retirement work in radio and television servicing. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Nelson Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Jack Sinclair's home at Stoke, Nelson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000774B - OHC-000777A Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 127. Black and white photographs as follows:. Jack Sinclair, undated. Installation staff at Hastings' first automatic telephone exchange, 1932. Installation staff at Nelson automatic exchange, 1951. Nelson Post Office Orchestra, 1953. Doug Skelton, Clay Cusdin (?), Jack Sinclair, undated. Jack and Elsie Sinclair on Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1981. Nelson manual exchange in 1950 Search dates: 1907 - 1984

Date: 4 Dec 1984 - 04 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Stuart, Wilhelmina Magdalene, 1895-1985

Reference: OHInt-0070/17

Description: Min Stuart recalls family background, childhood, education, early job as dressmaker at Brown Ewings in 1911, working conditions, hours, wages, going to Post Office Girls' Telegraph School in Dunedin during World War I, colleague Vera Pringle, morse training, need for good hearing and writing, styles of sending, work in the main office in Dunedin, being only woman in telegraph room, the multiplex system, clothing, discipline, working hours, mistakes, secrecy, telegrams, teleprinters, women prohibited from becoming supervisors, the influenza epidemic of 1918, the night shift, attitude of men to women in telegraph job, Post and Telegraph Association, her appeal for equal pay which she won in 1944 and its effect, retirement in 1951, Knox Church, entertainment, reasons for not marrying. Venue - Dunedin Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Min Stuart's home at David Street, Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000752 - OHC-000753 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.52 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 128. Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Date: 20 May 1983

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part I

By: Harris, Alfred John, 1897-1987

Reference: OHInt-0096/14

Description: Alfred John Harris born Marton 1897. Gives some family background - father, Walter John Harris, was a Marton pastrycook and baker. Recalls first visit to Wellington via train to Te Aro Station; father's dislike of rugby; chores and home activities; discipline; religion; politics, with reference to Dick Seddon; housework; schooling, with reference to becoming the first bugler in the school band; method of carrying schoolbooks bound by leather strap and first job as a general help for Dr Godfrey of Waipukurau before starting work as message boy at Waipukurau Post Office at the age of 14. Describes the post office bike. Mentions move to the Exchange and in free time, practising morse which led to being sent to the Telegraph School in Oamaru on a three months training course, reaching 30 words per minute. Mentions Bill Payne from Masterton. Mentions the `Mareroa'( Lyttelton ferry). Talks about World War I, joining up in 1917, slightly under age, getting into the Canterbury Regiment, training at Featherston along with other signallers and then by foot to live under canvas at Tauherenikau. Describes the voyage across the Pacific in the `Athenic' with a Chilean warship escort to Panama, arriving at Newport Mews ? naval base, on to New York and Halifax, Nova Scotia and the perilous convoy to England. Recalls Flu Epidemic (1918) when serving as signaller at Mulheim in Germany. Mentions Army discipline and leave entitlements after the war; marriage in 1920 and change of career from Post Office to Customs. Discusses comparison between Post Office and Customs. Talks about social life in Customs Dept, with reference to Pier Hotel, also discusses the changeover from ledgers to card system. Mentions comptroller, Peter Johnsen. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 20 Pembroke Street, Northland, Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000578, 000579 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0065.

Date: 6 Oct 1994 - 06 Oct 1994

From: History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II

By: Smart, Doris Joan, 1920-2000

Reference: OHInt-0571/36

Description: Doris Joan Smart talks about her experience in the Army, doing morse to 25 words per minute and becoming a wireless operator. Recalls the hilarious time at Miramar camp, Wellington and the one day strike by the girls. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Dick Linnell Venue - 11 Kowhai St, Hawera Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008066 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 11 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2223.

Date: 24 Sep 1994

From: History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II

By: Bisphan, Bernard Arnold, 1922-2007

Reference: OHInt-0571/05

Description: Bernard Arnold Bisphan born Glentunnel, Selwyn District, 1922. Recalls volunteering for Air Force at the age of 18 years and spending two months training at Addington Racecourse and three months tough course at Burnham Camp learning morse. Mentions primitive equipment. Talks about posting as wireless mechanic to Riccarton 5th Division HQ, followed by posting to Otago Mounted Rifles at Westerfield as the only wireless mechanic. Mentions: Tiny Shields; Sergeant Lushley; Lieutenant Beans (Beand?) and Major Bruntion. Mentions posting to Waiouru to inspect installations of Army and Navy. Refers to Tokyo Rose. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Dick Linnell Venue - 153 Centaurus Rd, St Martins Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008030 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 46 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2192.

Date: 1912-1913, 1929, 1945-1948, [ca 1963]

By: Challinor, Maurice Jack, 1932-

Reference: PAColl-10305

Description: Photographs relating to the Auckland Telegraph Office taken in 1912-1913, 1929, 1945 to 1948, and circa 1963, by a range of photographers. Items collected by Maurie Challinor. Comprises: - 3 identified staff portrait groups taken in 1912-1913, 1929 and 1945. - 1 of identified members of the Telegraph Cricket Club of 1946-1947 - 3 of groups of staff at their desks in the Auckland office, taken in 1948 and circa 1948. One includes 'Keg Hewitt, The Brady, Tom Crawford and Dunwoodie.' - One of the closure of the last morse circuit of the inland telegraph system in New Zealand. Shows operator Ron Fruish. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Maurie Challinor worked for the Auckland Telegraph Office in 1952. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-11869: Challinor, Maurice Jack, 1932-: Telegraph messages.

Date: 07 Mar 1994

From: The Merchant Navy story

By: Lawson, Donald, 1927-

Reference: OHInt-0321-15

Description: Don Lawson was born in Rochdale, England, in 1927. Outlines brothers' careers in the Royal Navy and father's occupation in submarine detection. Remembers the outbreak of World War II and describes Winston Churchill's radio broadcast in 1939. Outlines education at Manchester Radio School and basic training in Morse Code and marine radio. Recalls joining the Merchant Navy. Talks about his first ship, the Norfiord, sailing in 1944 to Casablanca and Lisbon. Details the process of shipbuilding witnessed at Bethlehem Steel Corporation boat yard and provides insight into several ship designs including the Park, the Empire, the Ocean and the Fort that were active during the war. Explains radio silence, sending and receiving coded messages and listening to Guy Lombardo on Top of the Pops and BBC broadcasts while on board. Talks about participation in a large convoy to Russia at Loch Ewe and Murmansk and the Allied landings at Marseilles. Describes VE Day celebrations in Times Square and Broadway. Outines radio work after the war for Marconi Company and later freelancing. Explains Flags of Convenience and differences between Greek and German ships. Describes delays onboard the Durham caused by the 1951 waterfront strike. Discusses marriage and settlement in New Zealand working for Dunedin radio station 4ZB. Lists later occupations. Outlines changes in travel and the decline of radio officers as a profession. Other ships discussed include the Delilian, the Port Boise, the Maria, the Marabank, the Alca and the Algol. Interviewer(s) - Stan Kirkpatrick Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4454. Search dates: 1994

Date: 27 Jun 1991

From: Cape Expedition Oral History Project

By: Sharman, Lewis Alexander, 1921-2001

Reference: OHInt-0328-12

Description: Lew Sharman born in Christchurch in 1921. Describes early schooling and recalls Murchison earthquake in 1929. Discusses working for the Post Office in Greymouth, delivering telegrams and learning morse code. Describes role at Awarua Radio from 1940-1944, using a high frequency direction finding system to take bearings on German and Japanese ships and submarines. Talks about joining the Cape Expedition in 1945, voyage to Campbell Island, arrival at camp and unloading gear. Describes leadership, routines, radio equipment and duties as the radio operator. Talks about quarters, emergency shelter, food, weather, wildlife, vermin, leisure activities and exploring the island. Recalls communications with home, the first airdrop of mail, the voyage home and life after the expedition. Interviewer(s) - Fergus Sutherland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010033 - OHC-010034 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3346.

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014061-G

Description: New Zealand signallers sending morse code from a flimsy signals office at their World War I reserve camp in England. A signaller taps out code while another wearing earphones receives signals. Photograph taken probably near Stevenage circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK258 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 6 February 1964

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Energy-Hydro electricity-Manapouri Power Project-Wanganella Hostel ship at Deep Cove-03

Description: Cyrill Sharpe, morse code operator, Wanganella Hostel ship, Deep Cove, Manapouri Power Project. Photographed by Hazledine's Studio Ltd, Invercargill, 6 February 1964. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15 cm

Date: 2007

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008145

Description: Shows a Japanese whaling ship spotting a pod of whales on the horizon. The whales are blowing water into the air forming the letters 'SOS'. Refers to the Japanese continuing to whale despite international resistance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [Between 1939-1945]

Reference: PAColl-8844

Description: Photograph of members of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Services, at signalling training, during World War II, possibly on Somes Island, Wellington. Shows four women in naval uniform. One holds a morse code signalling lamp, and another, a telescope. Two others hold binoculars. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 17 x 10 cm

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13887-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1917

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-012884-G

Description: Interior of the New Zealand signals office, France during World War I. One soldier is sending morse code while the other staffs the telephone system. Photograph taken 1 August 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. An original print from this negative is in album PA1-f-091 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - H184 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches