Telephone history, plus see 50 old phones, like early rotary-dial ...
Sep 14, 2021 · It was on that memorable day in telephone history - June 2, 1875 - when Bell and Watson were testing a number of transmitters, connected by a single wire to a corresponding …
How do you use a rotary phone? We have the original step-by …
May 14, 2025 · Do this promptly to avoid having the charge appear on your bill. “The Telephone and How We Use It” was published by Bell Telephone System in 1951, and slightly revised …
Vintage touch-tone phones: Tech’s button breakthrough that ...
Dec 1, 2024 · These vintage touch-tone phones - featuring push buttons, speed and musical tones - represented a totally new signaling system, and opened the way to increased …
Vintage 1980s cordless phones seemed like magic ... - Click …
Feb 16, 2020 · Vintage 1980s cordless phones were the essential step between wired pushbutton phones and today's modern cell phones. Here's a look back at the top telephone tech from the …
What was it like to be a telephone operator? Behind the scenes in …
Jun 22, 2019 · In the olden days, you needed a telephone operator to connect your call manually through a switchboard. Her job wasn't as easy as you might think.
Vintage payphones: When phone booths, walk-up & drive-up …
Jun 15, 2020 · Vintage Remington typewriter ad, seen in an old phone booth (1969) THE PHONE people, though, take a less benevolent attitude toward those who use their booths for offices. …
Old office telephone systems like these were big business back in …
Jun 21, 2020 · Even back when telephones had rotary dials, advances were made in these old office telephone systems that worked like mini-switchboards. See some here!
Remember calling the phone company speaking clock for the …
Jun 8, 2024 · Known as the speaking clock or POPCORN, calling the phone company for the time was a handy service helped people reset clocks years ago.
Vintage 1950s dial & touch-tone phones came in lots of decorator …
Oct 2, 2023 · The new friend is the kitchen telephone, now available in eight decorator colors to even help her add a colorful touch to the kitchen. Indiana Bell reports that, during the last year, …
Vintage Princess phones: Remember the colorful telephones with …
Jan 13, 2022 · Looking back at the debut of the colorful old Princess phones from the 60s (1960) From the Matawan Journal (Matawan, New Jersey) April 21, 1960 The “Princess,” a newly …