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Creepy/Strange Dial Cards

Started by WEBellSystemChristian, October 28, 2015, 09:58:44 AM

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WEBellSystemChristian

Sometimes we collectors find unusual dial cards on phones; whether it's a decent picture of a family member or loved one (seen this a couple times) or some celebrity that the phone reminds the owner of.

I would say this one may be a family member or magazine cutout, but I would have picked a better picture in that case... :o :-[

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262115879235
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

unbeldi

Quote from: WEBellSystemChristian on October 28, 2015, 09:58:44 AM
I would say this one may be a family member or magazine cutout, but I would have picked a better picture in that case... :o :-[
People didn't use to take as many pictures of themselves as they do today!

Here is another find:

andre_janew

Just keep in mind that Halloween is just a few days away  and  there are going to be creepier things out there than that dial card!

WEBellSystemChristian

Quote from: andre_janew on October 28, 2015, 10:50:15 AM
Just keep in mind that Halloween is just a few days away  and  there are going to be creepier things out there than that dial card!
Well, then it looks like I'm just in time with this topic! :)
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

WEBellSystemChristian

Here's another one found in an older topic...

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=5141.0
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

LarryInMichigan

Quote from: WEBellSystemChristian on March 01, 2016, 07:35:43 PM
Here's another one found in an older topic...

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=5141.0

That one reminds me of the scene of the cat peering through the window in the door of the clothes drier as it turns.


Larry

Babybearjs

why anyone would make a photo dial center is beyond me....
John

andre_janew

They do it just to be different.  They don't want the same boring dial card as everyone else.  If nobody made a photo dial center, this thread wouldn't exist.

LarryInMichigan

I just picked up this 1972 WE 554 for $1 at a yard sale

Larry

WEBellSystemChristian

Quote from: LarryInMichigan on May 15, 2016, 11:16:07 AM
I just picked up this 1972 WE 554 for $1 at a yard sale

Larry

I bet I know the first thing you did/are going to do to that phone. It involves a small piece of paper being chucked into the garbage... ;D
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

compubit

Not quite creepy, but definitely unusual... (Picked up in Lancaster)

Jim
A phone phanatic since I was less than 2 (thanks to Fisher Price); collector since a teenager; now able to afford to play!
Favorite Phone: Western Electric Trimline - it just feels right holding it up to my face!

WEBellSystemChristian

#11
Here's another winner... :o

www.ebay.com/itm/172241462686
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

Dan F

Creepy.

You realize that most of these people are most likely dead?


WEBellSystemChristian

Quote from: Dan F on June 18, 2016, 03:49:22 PM
Creepy.

You realize that most of these people are most likely dead?


Well, that kid is probably in his 60s by now!
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

WEBellSystemChristian

Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford