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Anyone collect old phone company ephemera?

Started by gpo706, August 22, 2009, 08:52:43 PM

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Dennis Markham

I wonder if this is Hellen Binkley (from the Model 500 above).  That is an unusual spelling of the name Helen.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=120886160

Would Missouri fall within  Southwestern Bell territory?

Jester

Dennis,
I'm pretty sure Missouri was Southwestern Bell territory, & I seem to recall reading that Kansas City was headquarters for this regional part of the Bell System.  I have an aunt & uncle who went to work for Southwestern Bell here in Beaumont in the early 80's.  The aunt eventually quit to raise the kids, but my uncle still works for the telco in Houston.  There was a book offered to Southwestern Bell employees that chronicled the growth of regional phone service over the first 100 years.  They let me borrow it years ago, & I have yet to return it!  I need to lay my hands on that thing.
Stephen

Dennis Markham

That would be interesting Stephen, if Mrs Binkley's name appeared in your book.

gpo706

#33
More bitz and bobs:

Another hat!:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270449104520&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
     ( dead link - no image attached in 2009 )

Call locker:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330355276251&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
     ( dead link - no image attached in 2009 )

Old-new number sheet:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390081114944&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
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"now this should take five minutes, where's me screwdriver went now..?"

Greg G.

I've come a long ways since my last post in this thread.

Phone company related artifacts:

Bell System Lantern glass.

Bell System Almanacs:

1925, 1928, 1930-41, 1943, 1952-53, 1961.

Bell System pen.

Bell System toy truck.

1928 AT&T Annual Report.

Not directly related to telephone company:

1939 and 1941 Seattle phone books.

Auburn toy telephone company truck.
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Whitcrane76

#35
These count?

Whitcrane76


andre_janew

#37
I have a box of safety pins and the Bell logo is on the box!

Whitcrane76

#38
Western Electric fans in small, medium, and large.
And the ceiling fan too!

Whitcrane76


AT2796

What is the little black and white manhole cover?
Key chain, coaster?
Way back when I was a new splicer in San Francisco, I got a manhole job right about on the "border" of the tenderloin and financial district. I looked for this stupid hole for hours, I found a power hole, sewer, water, steam and this stupid square lid that said "TPT&Tco".
Finally gave up and called my boss and was promptly corrected!
Andy

Doug Rose

Kidphone

Whitcrane76

Quote from: AT2796 on July 07, 2019, 12:16:51 PM
What is the little black and white manhole cover?
Key chain, coaster?
Way back when I was a new splicer in San Francisco, I got a manhole job right about on the "border" of the tenderloin and financial district. I looked for this stupid hole for hours, I found a power hole, sewer, water, steam and this stupid square lid that said "TPT&Tco".
Finally gave up and called my boss and was promptly corrected!

Paperweight

Whitcrane76

Here's a little more.

Key2871

Very nice collection. I used to have a bunch of things, but I ran out of room for a lot of it. But I still have the brass belt buckle, and a spa is vault door marked Nynex, that's NOS, I have so little now I actually miss a lot of it.
But it's cool to look at these pictures for the memories of what I once had.
KEN