Comments on: Santa’s Workshop, 1906 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/12/11/santas-workshop-1906/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Heath McClure http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/12/11/santas-workshop-1906/#comment-562 Heath McClure Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:07:23 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=127#comment-562 We do tend to adopt whatever technology is invented and worry about the consequences later eh? This picture is right at the start of the technological explosion of the 20th century, which benefits all of us today. I certainly don't want to go back to horse and buggy days, but I too wonder if we lost more than we realize. We do tend to adopt whatever technology is invented and worry about the consequences later eh? This picture is right at the start of the technological explosion of the 20th century, which benefits all of us today. I certainly don’t want to go back to horse and buggy days, but I too wonder if we lost more than we realize.

]]> By: bingster http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/12/11/santas-workshop-1906/#comment-560 bingster Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:40:14 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=127#comment-560 The candlestick looks Western Electric to me. The old one with the big knob behind the transmitter, instead of the later bolt and screw. The wall phone is a mystery to me. Beautiful, though. And the photo is a great look back, too. There's not a thing there that plugs in, nothing that has a corporate brand on it. It makes me wonder if we've gained something with our modern ways or lost something that was perhaps more important than we knew. [<i lang="">That's a very good point bingster. Right at the doorstep of the mass-production boom we see an assortment of toys with a definite hand-made quality. Truly a ghost of Christmas past.</i>] The candlestick looks Western Electric to me. The old one with the big knob behind the transmitter, instead of the later bolt and screw. The wall phone is a mystery to me. Beautiful, though. And the photo is a great look back, too. There’s not a thing there that plugs in, nothing that has a corporate brand on it. It makes me wonder if we’ve gained something with our modern ways or lost something that was perhaps more important than we knew.

[That's a very good point bingster. Right at the doorstep of the mass-production boom we see an assortment of toys with a definite hand-made quality. Truly a ghost of Christmas past.]

]]> By: Heath McClure http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/12/11/santas-workshop-1906/#comment-559 Heath McClure Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:31:08 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=127#comment-559 That's a very cool picture. Zooming in you can see the toys and various goods of a 1906 Christmas, even the type of ornaments on the tree. Anyone know what kind of phones those are? [<i lang="">Good question, Heath. I've added a text link to a close-up of them at the bottom of the post.</i>] That’s a very cool picture. Zooming in you can see the toys and various goods of a 1906 Christmas, even the type of ornaments on the tree. Anyone know what kind of phones those are?

[Good question, Heath. I've added a text link to a close-up of them at the bottom of the post.]

]]>