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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (169119)10/31/2008 8:20:06 AM
From: Ken Adams  Respond to of 225578
 
...old black bakelite phone with no dial.

LOL, yep, we had one of those too. Back in the single telephone per home days, it always sat on a small table in the hallway. Probably because that was about the middle of the house. I still remember our number was Hazeltine 246J.



To: Alan Smithee who wrote (169119)10/31/2008 12:15:42 PM
From: SmoothSail  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
Until recently (about 18 years ago), everyone on Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, had the bakelite phones. All calls went through a switchboard. Amazingly, there was resistance to taking out the switchboard and giving people their own phones. There was one number to call for the island and you asked for people by name, not extension.


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