Telephone operators at work, also called Switchboard Operators. These ladies would get a call from somone who would ask to be connected to another party and they would plug that person's phone line into the other person's phoneline so a call could be made. From studio portraiture to candid shots around Pulaski County, Virginia, the Farmer Photograph Collection shows the people and daily life in and around Pulaski County, Virginia in the 1945-1995 timeframe.