Telephone Operator Metal Print

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Before there were cell phones, before there were cordless phones, and way back when...there were switchboard operators who made sure your phone call went to where it was supposed to go. Some may even remember Lily Tomlin's skit as a phone operator "One Ringy Dingy..." This scene is in a small town museum in New Mexico.

Mary Lee Dereske's images celebrate nature, travel and life. She has exhibited in New Mexico and Washington state, and her work has sold internationally. A native daughter of Michigan, she now lives in New Mexico. All images copyrighted by Mary Lee Dereske and may not be reproduced or otherwise used without explicit permission of the artist.