Cyber-Monday circa 1915!!!

[Sargeguy]

Just added this to my collection!!!

[HarrySmith]

Very Cool!

[oldguy]

Nice.

[RotarDad]

Great item - amazing condition too!  Always nice to see items with text from a simpler time....

Can you tell us more about this item?  How big is it, and how would it have been used back in the day?  I would think $1 per month for an extension phone would be a lot of money for many people in 1915.

[Sargeguy]

It is postcard sized.  It is similar to the postcards series handed out by NET&T & AT&T in the 1910s. SNET and Providence Telephone used similar styled artwork, often featuring a 20-B or 20-S candlestick.  This one does not have a postcard back, however and was probably left as a flyer at stores during the lead up  to the holidays.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=16089.msg166546#msg166546

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=7749.msg85380#msg85380

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6888.msg78493#msg78493

[WEBellSystemChristian]

Cool poster!

Is it me, or is that Santa just a little creepy?

In 1915, $12 would be worth almost $300 today. Imagine paying almost $3600 per year for one phone extension!!

[19and41]

That looks like a Thomas Nast inspired Santa portrait.

[WEBellSystemChristian]

It would be worth it so your wife wouldn't have to run up and down the stairs to answer the phone!!!

Sarge...

I think you forgot you're a new moderator! The "Modify" button is in the same place "quote" is for non-moderators.