CSgeekHero Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I just found this great site for pulp era telephone exchanges. PEnnsylvania6-5000 Here's old Ma Bell recommendations! Operator! give me the police! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Re: Telephones! Very cool...Thanx...I don't know what I'll use this for....but I'm glad I know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Re: Telephones! Interesting to think that private telephones were much less common in the Pulp era with local shops often having the only phone in the area, and being willing to take messages for people ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Re: Telephones! Interesting to think that private telephones were much less common in the Pulp era with local shops often having the only phone in the area' date=' and being willing to take messages for people ![/quote'] That's one of the images I always recall from old movies, the way someone would stroll into one of those wooden booths to take a call. Incidentally, I lived in upstate New York in the nineties and the situation was just like that, except it applied to fax machines. The local drugstore in our middle-of-nowhere town took incoming faxes for people without you having to wait around for them to arrive. One of the many advantages of living where everybody knows your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Re: Telephones! Did you ever give your fax number as Matador 8-7593? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Re: Telephones! Did you ever give your fax number as Matador 8-7593? Should I have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Re: Telephones! Well, given the parallel you just drew between the "community fax" and the "community phone" of the old days, I think it would be the bee's knees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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