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Secrets on the Line: The Life & Times of the Hotel Phone
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Hotel History by Yael & D’Etta
Episode notes
Thank you for calling. Your call is important to us. Please hold. Dial 0 for the operator. These familiar expressions began 150 years ago when Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in Boston. It didn't take long for luxury hotels to adopt the technology, and eventually the phone became a commonplace amenity used to request room service, wakeup calls, and extra towels. But behind the hotel's phone lines were the women running the switchboard... and keeping the secrets of their celebrity guests.
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hotelluxuryhistoryhiltonBeverly Hillshotel historytelephoneoperatorAlexander Graham BellElvis PresleyElizabeth Taylorjean harlowswitchboard operatorsheratonteledexBrown's Hotel