Sunday, March 18, 2012

Vintage Telephone Ad

I found this vintage telephone ad, which is great, because you not only see the exterior of the rotary phone, but how it looked inside!  This photo reminded me of a friend of mine from decades ago who used a trick to lower the sound of the phone's ring.  She opened it up and put a kleenex between the bells...sure enough, this resulted in the phone ringing not as loudly.  


I liked her idea so much that I did the same thing, as I found the ring way too loud.  :)


In those days we had party lines, which means that you shared your telephone line with someone else...mostly with someone you didn't know.  I do not miss that, this is for sure.  

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  1. Bob Pelkey10:24 PM

    The phones were predominantly black as I recall going back further in time. My grandfather, Michael Mazur (Pop-Pop), served Western Electric for decades.

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