Testing Lines in the Victory Switchboard

View the full document here: https://docsteach.org/document/testing-lines/

Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: PFC Gladys Bellon, Basile, Louisiana, one of the 27 WAC switchboard operators flown from Paris for the Potsdam Conference and Sgt. Robert Scott of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, test lines in the frame room of the Victory switchboard at U. S. headquarters at Babelsburg, Germany.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 348307727

Full Citation: 63-1457-80; PFC Gladys Bellon, Basile, Louisiana, one of the 27 WAC switchboard operators flown from Paris for the Potsdam Conference and Sgt. Robert Scott of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, test lines in the frame room of the Victory switchboard at U. S. headquarters; 7/15/1945 ; Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957–2023; Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection,; Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/testing-lines/, December 10, 2025]

Rights: No Known Copyright. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.