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This particular phone was my great-uncle's phone in Cresent, Okla. There is still a sticker on the backside of the phone with some of the old phone numbers from businesses that were in Cresent at the time. This is one of the phones that started me collecting and is part of my family.
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A gorgeous phone. Wonder how he got to keep it?
The elusive AA1. Made in the U.S.A. I'm sure it says that. Beautiful.
Like this style of no nonsense phone. I live in Oklahoma for 17 years and there is always a little town I've never heard of that pops up like Cresent.