When's the last time you saw one of these?

Mizzou

There's a reason they're called "The good old days"

PickinndGrinnin

THATS A COOL LUCKY!

BLUEJAYWAY

Anyone try the phone number?

SensibleSal66

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Anyone try the phone number?

I think they may have changed from switchboard to what they have now. Most people just have cell phones today, I only know one person with landline.

johnny9434

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Anyone try the phone number?

I haven't seen a phone number written like that in years, I like 👍

gonzer

Right around '65 was when I remember us changing over to a numerical prefix.

erwindoc

The town I grew up in was so small, that I can remember only having to dial the last of the first 3 numbers and then the 4 digits, in this case, 3-2710.

sellitstore

We went from "Owens 3" to "693" around 1970 or so.

And I see many lucky cents quite frequently, although clear plastic encasements are unusual.

ajaan

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Anyone try the phone number?

620 is the area code.

BStrauss3

My grandmother kept BUtterfield 8 until she died, regardless of what New York Telephone tried to tell her.

Sapyx

Seems that Winget Service made all kinds of advertising widgets. Here's a ballpoint pen, on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/285533172846

According to the pen, they were "distributors for Giant truck beds".

Here's the funeral notice of the proprietor, who passed away in 2003. I doubt the business continued under his name, as his only son became the minister of the local Baptist church.

BLUEJAYWAY

Thought at first with the MA it was a reminder to call ones Mom.😀

emeraldATV

Hello operator ?

silverpop

very

BAJJERFAN

@emeraldATV said:
Hello operator ?

I'd like to place a person to person call to.................

ADG

UP(town)3-2634, my home # in Milwaukee in the '60s. The one phone number I still remember after all these years.

AUandAG

@SensibleSal66 said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Anyone try the phone number?

I think they may have changed from switchboard to what they have now. Most people just have cell phones today, I only know one person with landline.

I have a land line that I use 99% of the time. Cell only while on the road.
bob
PS: no answering machine or call waiting, etc. If I'm not at home or don't want to answer then you'll just have to try again later. Works for me.

SensibleSal66

@AUandAG said:

@SensibleSal66 said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Anyone try the phone number?

I think they may have changed from switchboard to what they have now. Most people just have cell phones today, I only know one person with landline.

I have a land line that I use 99% of the time. Cell only while on the road.
bob
PS: no answering machine or call waiting, etc. If I'm not at home or don't want to answer then you'll just have to try again later. Works for me.

Is it a rotary phone by chance?

AUandAG

@SensibleSal66
No, 900megahertz cordless, I'm up to DATE.
bob

emeraldATV

@Mizzou said:
There's a reason they're called "The good old days"

Great find, my friend.
Thinking back to the olden days, this question never entered my mind as a kid.
Why were most magnets presented in the shape of a horseshoe ?
Just fillabusting a post.

Overdate

@erwindoc said:
The town I grew up in was so small, that I can remember only having to dial the last of the first 3 numbers and then the 4 digits, in this case, 3-2710.

In my small town in 1953, we had 4-digit phone numbers. Ours was 3535. The local taxi company was 3355. With the number of their calls we received, we could have started our own taxi service.

And yes, it was a party line.