Posted on 01/16/2021 6:35:26 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
A 1940 educational short by Bell Telephone to show customers that were recieving new dial phones how to use the new device, and why they were getting these new sets.
Davis 2409.
I will bet that there aint many here that knows what that is.
A White girl doing Algebra! That’s racist!
No clue.
All so we can get calls about auto warranties, irs debts,computer viruses, etc.
I remember party lines and having only 4 digits for a phone number. Ours was 7117 and my grand parents’ was 7049......But I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night.
“Oh, Gramps, that’s yummy!” :-)
Sounds very interesting. I love this sort of thing. Unfortunately, I no longer click on YouTube links. I think I will not miss it in two or three minutes since my mind will be filled with something completely different by then.
When I was in college in western Michigan, local calls were five digits.
I also remember when Bell quit charging for extra extensions and teaching myself how to wire phone lines and running several extensions at our house. I was maybe 15.
Did you know that phone lines run constant 9 volts. The voltage increases to 48 volts to cause the ringer to activate?
Did you also know that it’s not a good idea to strip the wire insulation with your teeth as the phone rings?
PEnnsylvania 6-5000,
BR-549
I lived in a town years ago where phone numbers were handed out in order... the first person to get a phone was ‘1’... Our phone number was 612 since the owner before us gave us his phone number.
Tyler-8-7100
A commercial portraying adults acting like adults. Todays commercials are juvenile by comparison.
There are some interesting videos on YouTube showing how they were made too. Unlike today’s phones they were designed for a 40 year service life.
32 2409
Looks like it’s missing a number for the prefix.
You got me on that one. More than one letter in Davis should have been capitalized, though, unless it was for a 5-digit number. For example, DAvis (for a 6-digit, and so on).
We still have one. :)
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