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The Ipoh Telephone Exchange - Part 5 - The 'Hello' Girls
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Subject :The Ipoh Telephone Exchange - Part 5 - The 'Hello' Girls
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Location : Ipoh
Estimated Year : 1953
Media Type : Photograph
Source : News Straits Times Publication, Kuala Lumpur
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The picture shows the "Hello Girls" - young ladies who worked at the Ipoh Telephone Exchange once upon a time. The lady in the checkered dress is Dewi, while the one facing the camera is Dewi's sister Jamilah. Both of them worked 6-hour shifts at the Exchange. This picture, dated 1st November 1953, was taken from the News Straits Times newspaper.
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