[GreenKeys] Old Teletype ad (was Teletype add 1922 nov.)

[Duncan Brown]

On 09-Jun-18 07:15, drlegendre wrote:
> "Young girls are relieving Morse oprators.."
>
> Wow, talk about another time. How much more cultural sexism could you 
> cram into six words? Lol.
>

Actually, there were many women who were Morse operators.

Some of the male Morse operators were afraid that they might loose their 
jobs if the women were paid less,  so the men fought for equal pay for 
male & female Morse operators.

Duncan
K2OEQ


> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 20:35 Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net 
> <mailto:duncanancy at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     Here is one of my favorite Teletype ads, from 1928.
>
>     Not only does it give the slogan "Makes Telegraphers of Typists",
>     but it
>     also shows the connection between the Kleinschmidt Electric and the
>     Morkrum companies (who merged together in Dec. 1924) and that they
>     were
>     using the "Teletype" logo.
>
>     (About the time that this ad appeared, the "Morkrum-Kleinschmidt
>     Corporation" simplified their name to be the "Teletype Corporation".)
>
>     Have fun,
>
>     Duncan
>     K2OEQ
>



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