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Posted 11 months ago
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I ran across this photo and thought it was interesting as to the soldiers protecting the local telephone company. It those days communications was a vital interest to the military. Check the Mutual Telephone Company plaque on the large pillar on the right.
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Thank you, packrat-place, fitter475
Thank you pw-collector,mrmajestic1, walksoftly
I saw today a listing for a fairly big auction in Ontario, Canada for a lot of bell phone items hope you saw it.
http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=1524599&kwd=airplane%20ashtray&utm_source=azemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts
PhilDavidAlexanderMorris, Thanks for the information, the auction is Sept 15th and I have signed up for there on line bidding.
Just wondered if you picked anything up for auction there or are the prices through the roof just as any other auction seems to be ? Phil.
PhilDavidAlexanderMorris. The prices were high and the shipping is costly to send from Canada and add custom duties.
Same here Tom, prices are high, and at the moment our dollar is worth more.