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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Harriette Thorne is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the Bureau of Publications and Graphics

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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Harriette Thorne is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the Bureau of Publications and Graphics

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the teletype room of the OWI. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Esther V. Myers is shown at a receiving machine in the teletype room of the Bureau of Publications and Graphics while Miss Shirley K. Conway dispatches news on an ASR machine

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the teletype room of the OWI. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Esther V. Myers is shown at a receiving machine in the teletype room of the Bureau of Publications and Graphics while Miss Shirley K. Conway dispatches news on an ASR machine

Office of War Information news bureau. Ted Poston, shown here with Elmer Roessner, chief of the general news desk, sees that Negro papers across the country get their share of war news. Tale of a City, an OWI pamphlet on Nazi treatment of Poland, which Poston and Roessner are discussing here, was distributed through the Negro desk to 240 papers, and 50,000 copies went to Negro organizations

Office of War Information news bureau. Ted Poston, shown here with Elmer Roessner, chief of the general news desk, sees that Negro papers across the country get their share of war news. Tale of a City, an OWI pamphlet on Nazi treatment of Poland, which Poston and Roessner are discussing here, was distributed through the Negro desk to 240 papers, and 50,000 copies went to Negro organizations

Office of War Information news bureau. Besides supplying war news from all government agencies to 240 Negro papers each week, Ted Poston, editor of the OWI's Negro desk in Washington, selects picture sequences of special interest to the Negro press. He is shown working with photographer Roger Smith and assistant William Clark, and Harriette Easterlin

Office of War Information news bureau. Besides supplying war news from all government agencies to 240 Negro papers each week, Ted Poston, editor of the OWI's Negro desk in Washington, selects picture sequences of special interest to the Negro press. He is shown working with photographer Roger Smith and assistant William Clark, and Harriette Easterlin

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Harriette Thorne is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the Bureau of Publications and Graphics

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives office war information war information nerve center nerve center field employment negroes girls jobs teletype room teletype room women owi american telephone american telephone telegraph school telegraph school washington machines parts country miss harriette thorne miss harriette thorne asr asr teletype machine bureau publications graphics female portrait woman photograph telegraph invention 1940s 40s young woman race relations united states history african americans 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Smith, Roger, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives office war information war information nerve center nerve center field employment negroes girls jobs teletype room teletype room women owi american telephone american telephone telegraph school telegraph school washington machines parts country miss harriette thorne miss harriette thorne asr asr teletype machine bureau publications graphics female portrait woman photograph telegraph invention 1940s 40s young woman race relations united states history african americans 1940 s library of congress