Just added this to my collection!!!
Very Cool!
Nice.
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.
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=16089.msg166546#msg166546)
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=7749.msg85380#msg85380 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=7749.msg85380#msg85380)
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6888.msg78493#msg78493
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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!!
That looks like a Thomas Nast inspired Santa portrait.
Quote from: WEBellSystemChristian on November 21, 2017, 10:39:33 AM
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. ;)