Telephone history, plus see 50 old phones, like early rotary-dial ...
2021年9月14日 · Telephone history: Antique phones from 1920-1930. These six images were part of a series of photographs by Theodor Horydczak, all featuring the rotary-dial telephones in use at the time. Based on the technology shown, the pictures were apparently taken sometime between 1920 and 1930.
See vintage touch-tone phones with old-fashioned push buttons
2023年1月6日 · The Stroudsburg and Bushkill Telephone Company was established in 1892. It was purchased by the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in 1926. Tapping out a number on the musical Touch-Tone buttons is so fast that an entire number can be dialed in as little as two seconds. With a rotary dial, it takes about 10 seconds to dial a seven-digit number.
Vintage 1980s cordless phones seemed like magic ... - Click …
2020年2月16日 · Dealers have been offering them at big discounts. Many stores are out of the old inventory, but you can still find a 1.7-MHz model at half the price of one of the newer phones. Some 1.7-MHz models cost less than $40, but you might have to pay at least $60 for a quality phone from a manufacturer that is still in business and handles repairs ...
Remember calling the phone company speaking clock for the …
2024年6月8日 · The new time of day mechanism loses 50 milliseconds annually, or one second every 20 years, so old Marvy Moore had to go. MORE: See some vintage touch-tone phones with old-fashioned push buttons. Jane Barbe was chosen for her sense of timing and her ability to adapt the accent for the part of the country for which she is recording.
Old office telephone systems like these were big business back in …
2020年6月21日 · Just call your Bell Telephone business office, and a representative will visit you at your convenience. No obligation, of course. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Available in 18-button and 30-button models — in gray, green or beige, with contrasting face plates. ALSO SEE: Vintage payphones: When phone booths, walk-up & drive-up public telephones were ...
Vintage 1950s dial & touch-tone phones came in lots of decorator …
2023年10月2日 · In the 1950s (and into the 1960s), telephones were more than just a means of communication — they were pretty household decorations! In the decades to follow, phone colors segued to the avocado green, harvest gold and burnt orange colors so popular in the 70s — followed by the oh-so-boring brown and beige phones that dominated the 80s.
See the old-fashioned clock radios that used to be on almost every ...
2021年4月10日 · New G.E Push Button clock radio with Snooz-Alarm (1959) New easy-to-set push-button controls. Snooz-Alarm touch bar — a tap on the bar turns Snooz-Alarm off for about ten minutes then buzzer sounds again. Calls you as many as five times. Lulls you to sleep, turns itself off. Wakes you to music or buzzer.
Remember Merlin, the retro electronic game that looked like a …
Reddit. In 1978, Parker Brothers introduced a handheld electronic game toy called Merlin. At the time, there was nothing else like this little gaming device, which had been invented by a small team led by a former NASA employee. The red telephone -shaped toy used buttons, lights and sound effects to let kids play a variety of simple games ...
Vintage Princess phones: Remember the colorful telephones with …
2022年1月13日 · Looking back at the debut of the colorful old Princess phones from the 60s (1960) From the Matawan Journal (Matawan, New Jersey) April 21, 1960 The “Princess,” a newly-designed, compact color telephone with an illuminated dial, represents the sixth major home telephone design change since Alexander Graham Bell’s original invention in 1876.
Old portable radios were marvels of technology from the 1950s to …
2023年10月25日 · The period from the 1950s to the 1980s saw a tremendous evolution in portable radios, turning them from a novelty into a common household item. Portable radios date back to the early 20th century, it was only in 1954 that the first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, hit the market. Using transistors instead of vacuum tubes was a game changer ...