Figure 9 In this 1925 advertisement, the young woman operator connects the businesses of Chicago and New York. The visual images of operators in ads during the early days of telephone service were ‘All American Girls’ mediating (primarily men’s) relationships (from D’Arcy Collection, University of Illinois, Urbana-

DOI link for Figure 9 In this 1925 advertisement, the young woman operator connects the businesses of Chicago and New York. The visual images of operators in ads during the early days of telephone service were ‘All American Girls’ mediating (primarily men’s) relationships (from D’Arcy Collection, University of Illinois, Urbana-

Figure 9 In this 1925 advertisement, the young woman operator connects the businesses of Chicago and New York. The visual images of operators in ads during the early days of telephone service were ‘All American Girls’ mediating (primarily men’s) relationships (from D’Arcy Collection, University of Illinois, Urbana-