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Friday, June 20, 2025
Those were the days
Here's an ad from 1980 for all old-time style Bell telephone that evokes nostalgia for 1913. They had me at "Ragtime," and sold me with "The Great Houdini."
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I love that photo of HH in his library holding that two piece phone speaker to his ear. That phone was attached to some kind of spring arm that extended or closed. What was his number? Cathedral ####
ReplyDeleteDorothy and Dick now own that phone. It was Cathedral 8260. I've also seen Monument 8260.
DeleteYou're kidding! I'd love see that! Gotta visit the D & D museum. Yes--I forgot about the Monument number. Imagine calling somebody and having to go through the switchboard operator. That was a paying job back then. Advancing technology made that job a dinosaur.
DeleteDude! I love transparent electronics! - Abby Martin
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