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Photograph - Solo photo, Circa 1998 to 1999

  • COL photo of a man sitting at a computer desk with his hands poised over the keyboard. The computer monitor, which sits on top of a computer hard drive, displays a colour screen. There is a floppy disk placed on the hard drive. Behind him, there is a tall metal cabinet, an office chair, and a desk against the wall, with some shelving above it.

    Telephone Advisory Service (TAS) (also known as the Telephone Information Service - TIS)

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  • COL photo of a man sitting at a computer desk with his hands poised over the keyboard. The computer monitor, which sits on top of a computer hard drive, displays a colour screen. There is a floppy disk placed on the hard drive. Behind him, there is a tall metal cabinet, an office chair, and a desk against the wall, with some shelving above it.

Historical information

The Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Telephone Advisory Service (TAS) was staffed by volunteers, and provided information and referral services to members. In this photo, TAS volunteer, Henry Friedman, enters data into a computer. A cropped version of this photo appears on page 11 of the 1999 Annual Report, accompanying a report titled "Webiste".

Physical description

Colour photo of a man sitting at a computer desk, typing on the keyboard. The computer monitor screen is displaying several colourful icons. In the background, there is a tall metal cabinet, an office chair, and a desk against the wall, with some shelving above it.

Inscriptions & markings

[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in black ink] Volunteer Henry Friedman prepares to enter data ["data" has been crossed out] material records ["records" has been crossed out] into the data base which records enquirries [sic] to the Telephone Advisory Service, also ["also" has been crossed out] [On the same sticky note, handwritten sideways in blue ink] 4 [circled]

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