Color 500 Set Advertising Post Card

[Fabius]

Advertising post card for color 500 sets? Notice the handset appears to have a cord but the hole in the shell is empty.

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[WEBellSystemChristian]

The empty handset cord opening is a problem most Bell System advertisements had at thie time. I think the artists were confused, and thought the cord came out the back.

[jsowers]

That's a nice postcard from the early years of color 500s.

Assuming the phone is green, they also left off brown and ivory as colors. Or are they on the other side?

The cord around the back thing reminds me of modern-day eBay sellers selling modular phones with the handset plugged into the mounting cord jack behind the phone. They don't usually claim it works when they don't have the cords plugged into the right place.

[JimH]

I was at a yard sale and they had a G3 handset plugged into a Trimline base.  The beige colors matched, so I guess they figured they went together.  It kind of fit on the base without falling off.

[unbeldi]

Buyers beware,  I think this is just a reproduction that is being sold.

[JorgeAmely]

The empty handset cord opening is a problem most Bell System advertisements had at thie time. I think the artists were confused, and thought the cord came out the back.

Good theory. Perhaps they all had at home old AE80s.

[Russ Kirk]

Buyers beware,  I think this is just a reproduction that is being sold.

The ebay listing says it is a reproduction.

[TelePlay]

The ebay listing says it is a reproduction.

Where, I've looked it over and can't find that statement unless you mean this "Please Note-Exact Scan/Condition of This Item 100% Guaranteed."

Also, same seller has the same card in a BIN auction at

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Classic-Rotary-Telephone-Desk-Phone-Postcard/161470736840

at same price, $5.99 with free shipping. Can't find repro there either.

[Phonesrfun]

I have seen other early ads with the same problem.  Cant remember any specifics, but I know I have.

[poplar1]

It's below the other text:                       

Postcard Size-4.2 x 5.5
*Divided Back
...has Place for Postage.
*Please Note-Exact Scan/Condition of This Item
100% Guaranteed.
________________________________________
Thank You for Looking.
*FREE SHIPPING WORLD-WIDE!
*A Reproduction


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[JimH]

Looks like this one, too:

I guess without matching cords in all colors yet, they wanted to make them less obvious.

Jim

[Phonesrfun]

That's it!  That's the ad I remember seeing.  Thanks Jim.

[TelePlay]

*A Reproduction below the larger few shipping note.

That is deceptively sneaky using one asterisk for both the free shipping AND it being a reproduction, along with using "New" only as the item condition. Seems most of his other postcards, at least the ones I looked at, are also reproductions, some of them less deceptive in their listing.

[jsowers]

This two-page ad has all the graphics from the repro postcard and more they left off. Sorry for the bad scan. It's not my ad, so I stitched together the two pages of the ad as best I could. It's enough so you can get the idea.

[unbeldi]

I own the original magazine pages and here is the entire spread.