Friday, November 22, 2013

Vintage 1940's Bakelite Telephone & a Snowflakes Photo

Hello everyone!  A very warm welcome to you all!  The video I have chosen for this post is a VERY short clip....21 seconds! It shows a 1940's Bakelite telephone.  I remember the loud ring almost as if it was yesterday.  Do any of you remember these old phones?  How about Bakelite products?

The photo I am sharing today is one that I took a couple of years ago...inside of a bus shelter.  Yes, you are actually seeing snowflakes stuck to the glass!  It was quite a cold day and I found it interesting that the snowflakes were stuck...kind of like frozen in time, so I decided to take the photo.  You just need to click on the image to see a larger view.

Thank you all so much for visiting me here!  I always appreciate and enjoy reading your kind thoughts, which you are always welcome to share!

24 comments:

  1. In the 1940's and 1950's we had a phone on a wooden stand, that attached to the wall.We were on a "party line" with several other farms in our area, so every one had a morse code letter at the end of their number. All those years back, and I still remember ours was "325D", so our ringtone was one long and 2 shorts. Snow, the sign of winter for sure. Greetings from Jean.

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  2. The snowflakes are so pretty! I love the individual designs in each flake. You take such fun photos from inside the bus shelters!

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  3. Lovely photo of the snowflakes Linda and that phone was really interesting.

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  4. Oh yes, I remember those phones!

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  5. I don't think I remember those telephones, although we had the old black, dial phones, on a party line. The snow flakes on the bus shelter are really neat. Great capture!

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  6. Ran across your comment at Lucy's blog and decided to pay you a visit. No snow flakes here but it's 41* and we think that's plenty cold. Paula from south Texas

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  7. The snowflakes photo is nice.

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  8. I have to say these phones must have been before my time, I have never seen r heard one before. But I bet my mom would have recognized it. We were both telephone operators.

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  9. Muistan hyvin ne puhelimet kun tulivat. lumihiutaleet ovat kauniita.
    Terveisiä , hyvää viikon loppua Linda :)

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  10. the imprints from the snowflakes on the glass are really cool! great shot of that =)

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  11. I remember the bakelite phones in the office as a young apprentice.
    As a kid, my first memory of bakelite was a "View-Master". Seeing exotic views in our own home opened up a whole new world.
    My first bakelite purchase on my own was a dual radio/tape recorder with a built in alarm clock. I was in heaven !

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  12. We didn't have one in town though ours was one of those on the wall, our phone number was 1095-L and we told the operator! My aunts and uncles in the country had these ones...brrr to your lovely snowflakes :-).

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  13. Yo no recuerdo esos telefonos, los he visto en los film antiguos.
    La foto de la nieve produce mucho frío.

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  14. Good morning Linda, what a nice surprise to have a lovely Canadian lady. visit. I had a Canadian friend before I even had a blog but met her where she was taking questions about dogs, Turned out being both dog lovers we kept in touch for several years. She was much younger than I . I am so glad you stopped by. Please return again..

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  15. That photo makes me long for snow. We don't get a lot here in KY but I always get so excited and happy when we do get it. I hope we have a snowy winter here. I'm weird I know :)

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  16. What a lovely photo of snowflakes :)
    Greetings !

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  17. No, I don't remember those phones!
    We are supposed to be getting some snow tonight.

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  18. My kids can't even imagine phones with cords...different times! Those are some huge flakes! Ours are melting some now...it's been slick on the roads. Blessings to you my friend.

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  19. On a good day, I like the big fluffy snow sticking to everything. Great photo and phone.

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  20. I remember the bakelit phones, Linda, without the bells on the top.
    Lie(f)s.

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  21. Look at those flakes! Can't wait to get some snow around here, so I put the macro lens to work!

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  22. Those are big snowflakes!

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  23. Hi Linda. I don't remember that kind with the bells on top...we must have had something a little different here.
    LOVE that photo! You have a good 'eye' Linda!

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  24. Strangely enough I remember the ones from the forties, with a crank, a speak sticking out of the was and the receiver on a cord you held up to your ear. Also party lines and an operater who made the connection for you..... Ok I admit it. I'm getting really old....

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