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Pictures of Old Telephone signs

Started by Sargeguy, September 23, 2014, 06:55:55 PM

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19and41

Nice to look for in such a nice picture!
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke

SUnset2

That's a great photo.  I know where that is.  Unfortunately, the telephone and the Western Union signs are gone.  But, surprisingly, most of the buildings are still there.

Whitcrane76

Not an old photo but I did spot one in Leno's garage!


19and41

Thanks!  I'd been missing these pictures.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke

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Fort Hunter, New York

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!950's magazine ad.

ReneRondeau

"Buy a Slug"? Anyone see that before?

(Full-size uncropped photo available here.)

19and41

Was that a prohibition era picture?  Buy a slug of hootch over the phone?   :D
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke

Western Bell

Quote from: 19and41 on October 05, 2019, 06:22:45 PM
Was that a prohibition era picture?  Buy a slug of hootch over the phone?

"The tokens were sold by the location the phone was in and they would work in that location's phone. Back in the day they were used to prevent the use of slugs and or slot machine tokens in them. They were either the Goetz or Y.S.& S. Co on them. They were used mostly in the Chicago area used from 1912 to 1944. The grooved type was next and finally the center hole type with scalloped edge. The brass $0.05 ones are the most common. Most are brass. The numbers can either denote the phone or the store. Goetz was the founder and owner of the company that produced them."

Fabius

Quote from: ReneRondeau on September 02, 2019, 05:57:16 PM
Reedsville, WV, 1935.

Full-size here: https://www.shorpy.com/node/25027?size=_original#caption

A lot of great advertising. Postal Telegraph sign, gas pump globes and more.
Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

Western Bell

#176
Quote from: ReneRondeau on October 05, 2019, 04:20:37 PM
"Buy a Slug"? Anyone see that before?

Sargeguy

#177
I have seen independent ones, but I can't recall seeing a Bell System version of the "Buy a Slug" sign.  This looks like it might be a decal. 
Greg Sargeant
Providence, RI
TCI /ATCA #4409

andre_janew

Nowadays, we'd call them tokens.  We may not have pay phones anymore, but there are car washes that use tokens.

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Main Street
Bolivar, NY.