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Started by Sargeguy, April 25, 2017, 09:28:29 PM

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Greg Sargeant
Providence, RI
TCI /ATCA #4409

paul-f

Greg,

The stickers were part of an annual Hawthorne summer pageant that ran from 1930 to 1980. Part of the entertainment was the naming of a "Charley Girl."

There's a good write-up in the May 1991 Singing Wires and some info is available in a brochure here:
   http://cowboyfrank.net/telephones/publications/Hawthorne-ItsLifeAndPeople/index.htm

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Fabius

Notice the 1500 set pictured on one of the stickers.
Tom Vaughn
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