May 11th, 2008
The Best of Antiques
and Collecting
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People started collecting phones shortly after Alexander Graham Bell patented them in 1876. Key varieties include early wood wall phones, candlesticks, and rotary dial ‘desk sets’ made of bakelite, metal, and plastic (e.g. 202, 302, 500, Trimline and Princess). Key U.S. manufacturers include Western Electric, Automatic Electric, Kellogg, and Stromberg Carlson. Payphones and signs are also popular.
Mike Neale's fantastic collection of scanned PDFs showcasing the history and products of the Kellogg Switchboard an… [more]
If you're into old phones, check out this 600-page repository of images and historical information. Includes an ext… [more]
Richard Rose's tribute to the Ericofon, a colorful, stylish concept phone introduced in Europe in the 1950's and th… [more]
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Virginian Pilot, VA -
... on them to make things different - the protest-filled 1960s showed the impact young people can have, even if only armed with rotary phones, he joked. ...
Ellsworth American, ME -
You could almost hear the dial on her rotary phone whirling. It never failed. Mrs. Steen was, of course, the bane of your existence. ...
Pioneer Press, MN -
It morphs the phone's button-style number pad into an electronic facsimile of an old-style rotary telephone — and yes, the dialer actually dials calls. ...
Business Wire (press release), CA -
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN), a phone, broadband and digital TV provider, kicks off its third Green Truck Tour ...
Daily News Tribune, MA -
By Margaret Smith The year is 1980—or thereabouts -- a fact that is not lost on anyone in the audience who will remember rotary phones. ...
Clovis News Journal, NM -
My mother did not work, we had just one car, one television and one rotary telephone. There was no reality TV or guns at school. We never heard of drugs; ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA -
... dining chairs, Victrolas, jewelry, mirrors, bird cages, baskets, china closets, roll-top desks, bookcases, antique telephones, collectibles and more. ...
Philadelphia citypaper.net, PA -
BM: I collect lots of things: fondue pots, vintage phones, clothing. I'm a very thing-oriented person. It's fun to find objects that you appreciate. ...
Star Phoenix, Canada -
Police testified her rotary phone had been left off its hook and the home had also been flooded. Taps in the kitchen and bathroom were turned on, ...
Chicago Sun-Times, United States -
They have old rotary phones (which are more cute and less practical) and a like-new 1970s Sears toaster that makes me wonder what modern appliance makers ...
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