Bell System 1976
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Number PULEAZE! Part Three:
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I remember one apartment we lived in SF in the 60's, had a little nook with a shelf in the entry hall, just big enough for a telephone. Of course, with a telephone outlet as well. There wasn't enough room for a chair, so I remember having to stand there to talk to my girlfriend while my nosy little sister stood there, staring and eavesdropping. Eventually in a fit of economy, Mom cancelled the phone service and I used the pay phone in a nearby gas station. Again, had to stand! Good times!
Prior to the interior demolition of my house, the entry hall had a recessed telephone shelf. It was just a homemade plywood box trimmed out with casing to match that on the doors and windows. It stuck into the coat closet about a foot. A phone jack was installed at the rear of the enclosure.
That part of the house is still the entry, but the walls have been moved a couple feet to have a larger living room (formerly the kitchen).
That part of the house is still the entry, but the walls have been moved a couple feet to have a larger living room (formerly the kitchen).
Western Electric 1959
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Radio Shack 1985
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Bell Telephone System 1957
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Bell Telephone System 1960
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Western Electric 1940
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AT&T 1972
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I remember seeing new gossip benches in the 1970's, early 80's. I guess cordless phones killed it off.
HA!
A little known fact......
After digging to a depth of 10 feet last year outside Buffalo, New York, scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100 years<span class="text_exposed_show">. </span>
They came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a Los Angeles, California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet somewhere just outside Oceanside. Shortly afterward, a story in the LA Times read, "California archaeologists, reporting a finding of 200 year old copper cable, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.
One week later, a local newspaper in Green Bay, Wisconsin reported, "After digging 30 feet deep in his pasture near the community of Sobieski, Wisconsin, Ole Olson, a heck of an engineer and a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Wisconsin had already gone wireless.
Just makes a person proud to be from Wisconsin!!!
A little known fact......
After digging to a depth of 10 feet last year outside Buffalo, New York, scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100 years<span class="text_exposed_show">. </span>
They came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a Los Angeles, California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet somewhere just outside Oceanside. Shortly afterward, a story in the LA Times read, "California archaeologists, reporting a finding of 200 year old copper cable, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.
One week later, a local newspaper in Green Bay, Wisconsin reported, "After digging 30 feet deep in his pasture near the community of Sobieski, Wisconsin, Ole Olson, a heck of an engineer and a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Wisconsin had already gone wireless.
Just makes a person proud to be from Wisconsin!!!
Automatic Electric 1910
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Interesting long distance ad in Illinois...believe Bloomington and Peoria are still independent (Frontier; formerly GTE). I had a funny experience 25 yrs ago...my grandfather grew up in Grand Mound, IA near Clinton. I was working for US Cellular and was visiting Davenport, IA and took a little field trip up to Grand Mound to see it. There was a little phone company in Grand Mound next door to a small insurance company...the phone company was much more advanced than I'd thought (actually embarrassed myself with some of the questions I asked) and some family had been on the board of the mutual insurance company.
Berliner Telephone Co. 1904
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Berliner Telephone Co. 1905
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Came across this while minding my own business on Youtube.
Western Electric 1957
Exact phone my parents had in their bedroom when I was a kid. It resides now in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Exact phone my parents had in their bedroom when I was a kid. It resides now in Düsseldorf, Germany.
General Telephone & Electronics 1961
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General Telephone & Electronics 1960
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Pacific Telephone 1955
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AT&T 1967
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General Telephone & Electronics 1960
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AT&T 1967
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Bell Telephone System 1949
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Western Electric 1960
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