Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Description
English: The Telephone Service Carries On, London, January 1942
Incoming messages for bombed out subscribers to the telephone service are received by a team of people on special telephones at the Emergency Telephone Bureau. Short messages are taken by these female telephonists who then relay them to messenger boys who will then deliver them. The women wear brassards with the initials 'OHMS'.
This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Part of
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Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection
Subject(s)
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Associated places
London, England, UK
Associated events
Home Front, UK, Second World War
Associated themes
British Home Front 1939-1945
Associated keywords
Civilians, Communications, Daily Life, Towns and Cities, women
Category
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photographs
Image sorted
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yes
Licensing
This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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