Life's a beach phone.

[Greg G.]

Is it real or a prop?  (The phone I mean, the lady is real, you may even recognize her).

[TelePlay]

What's that second cord for? Could that be a two phone pedestal "booth?" Doesn't look wide enough.

[BDM]

I say real. Notice the pipe feed for the wire at the bottom of the pole. I doubt they would have plopped it down with that type of detail.

[Adam]

I also think it's "real".

However, the picture is labeled "beach phone booth" but I do not think it is a public coin phone.  More likely, it is simply an outdoor phone installed near the pool area of a resort, so that hotel guests can answer pages, etc.

[WesternElectricBen]

However, the picture is labeled "beach phone booth" but I do not think it is a public coin phone.  More likely, it is simply an outdoor phone installed near the pool area of a resort, so that hotel guests can answer pages, etc.

'paging Mr. Melvin Spearmin.'

[Greg G.]

I also think it's "real".

However, the picture is labeled "beach phone booth" but I do not think it is a public coin phone.  More likely, it is simply an outdoor phone installed near the pool area of a resort, so that hotel guests can answer pages, etc.

The label was the file name I gave it when I downloaded it, so as not to give away the lady's identity.

[Greg G.]

'paging Mr. Melvin Spearmin.'

Actually, I think she was confirming a booking on a tour boat.

[Nick in Manitou]

Briny,

When are you going to tell us who it is?

[Greg G.]

Briny,

When are you going to tell us who it is?

That's Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island.

[Nick in Manitou]

Thanks for that.  I was getting a cramp in my brain trying to figure out who she was!

[AE_Collector]

Yeah I can see that. One of the few reamining still alive from that show now. Dawn used to hang out in the Pacific Northwest a lot. Maybe she lived up this way, the "Professor" does. She always attended charity events like telethons here in Vancouver.

I bet the extra cord is really an "Extra Long" cord on a hook maybe.

Terry

[DavePEI]

Ahh, a Minnowphone. Poolside on the Good Ship Minnow! Must have been invented by the Professor!

Brings back some memories from when I was young. I had quite a crush on her

Dave

[Greg G.]

Yeah I can see that. One of the few reamining still alive from that show now. Dawn used to hang out in the Pacific Northwest a lot. Maybe she lived up this way, the "Professor" does. She always attended charity events like telethons here in Vancouver.

I bet the extra cord is really an "Extra Long" cord on a hook maybe.

Terry

Originally from Nevada, but she went to college here at the U of W, According to Wikipedia:

Wells was born in Reno, Nevada, where she attended Reno High School. She later attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theater arts and design. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
In 1959, Wells was crowned Miss Nevada and represented her state in the 1960 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Russell Johnson (The Professor) passed away just last January, but he lived on Bainbridge Island.  That leaves only Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) and Tina Louise (Ginger).