May 15th, 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]
Richard Rose's tribute to the Ericofon, a colorful, stylish concept phone introduced in Europe in the 1950's and th… [more]
If you're into old phones, check out this 600-page repository of images and historical information. Includes an ext… [more]
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IntoMobile, CA -
Here's something for those that crave to go back in time, at least virtually. Thanks to the third-party native app called iDial, iPhone users can add an ...
Arizona Daily Star, AZ -
And every one of the 13 units is being spiffed up, with a nod to the present — free Wi-Fi — and the past — rotary phones, and pastel tiles in the bathrooms. ...
Jacksonville Daily Record, FL -
Old tobacco advertisements hang on the wall and there’s even an antique cash register and a few rotary telephones. You could spend an entire afternoon just ...
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 ...
The Senior Times, Canada -
Due to technological advances, the above singular inventions have turned into the following retronyms: “rotary phone,” “manual typewriter,” “black & white ...
Canton Repository (subscription), OH -
Gino Laiolo, 76, grew up with typewriters and rotary phones. The California resident recalls attending a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the ...
TMCnet -
... who has seen an old movie in which a gruff reporter snatches up the handset of a candlestick telephone and barks, "Hello, sweetheart -- get me rewrite! ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA -
... dining chairs, Victrolas, jewelry, mirrors, bird cages, baskets, china closets, roll-top desks, bookcases, antique telephones, collectibles and more. ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA -
Working out of his bedroom with a rotary phone and a typewriter, the young entrepreneur landed an appointment with Baskin-Robbins. ...
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. ...
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