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The Pocket Telephone: Century-Old Comic Predicting the Horrors of the Mobile Phone

October 22, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEarly 1900s comic predicts the mobile phone. Calls the prospect a “modern horror.” This cartoon by W.K.Hasleden was […]

Ashtrays and Coin-Operated “Tel-a-Chairs” in the Los Angeles Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1969

October 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePassengers watching coin-operated TV’s in the LA Greyhound terminal in 1969. Also, take note of those space age […]

“There’ll Be No Escape From Telephones” – This 1953 Prediction for Cellphone Actually Comes True!

October 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn an April 1953 newspaper article in the Tacoma News Tribune, Mark Sullivan, who was the president of […]

Amateur Radio Installed in car, 1919

July 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAn amateur radio set installed in a car by Alfred H. Grebe, a radio manufacturer of New York […]

April 18, 1930: BBC Reported There Was No News, Then Played Out With Piano Music

April 18, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 18, 1930, at 8:45 p.m., people all over Britain settled in to catch the BBC News […]

“When in Quarantine; People who are in quarantine are not isolated if they have a Bell Telephone” – Bell Telephone Ad, 1910

April 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis ad ran on Thursday, November 17, 1910 from St. Louis Post-Dispatch – years before anyone had heard […]

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Dialing Tips: 1950’s Instructional Film on How to Use a Rotary Dial Phone

February 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site1950s era instructional short that explains the proper procedure for using a rotary dial telephone… just in case […]

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The Era of the 1-900 Numbers: The Weirdest 1-900 Hotline Commercials From the 1980s and 1990s

July 6, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere was a time when shoulderpads were big, ties were skinny, and it was $2 for the first […]

Long Before Facetime, These 22 Cool Pics That Show People Using Picturephones in the 1960s

March 3, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBell Telephone’s Picturephone went on display at the 1964 World’s Fair, and it went into actual commercial use […]

22 Old Photos That Show What Telephones Looked Like in the 1960s

February 15, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the USA, at the start of the 1960s, telephones were generally the desk model with a rotary […]

24 Vintage Ericofon Ads From Between the 1950s and 1970s

February 8, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA very groovy phone concept imported from Europe: originally designed by Ericsson in Sweden, manufactured and distributed in […]

26 Candid Vintage Snaps of Women Talking on the Telephone From the Past

January 24, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn an age when people are dumping landlines to rely on a single mobile phone or smartphone, it’s […]

Before iPhone, There Was Ericofon aka Cobra Phone

January 23, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Ericofon is a one-piece plastic telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and marketed through the […]

Before Mobile Phones, This Is How People Got in Touch With Each Other in the 1960s and 1970s

August 2, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world’s first cellular network in Japan. In 1983, the […]

The Golden Age of Television: 35 Cool Pics of TV Advertisements From the 1950s

June 23, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTelevision is the first audiovisual device that changed the way people see entertainment. It opened the realm of […]

Helen of Many Glacier Hotel – Portrait of a Female Indian Telephone Switchboard Operator in 1925

May 28, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTelephone operators worked at hotels as well as at exchanges. Photographed here is Helen (last name unknown), an […]

24 Interesting Pictures Show the TV Programmes That People Often Watched From the 1950s and 1960s

May 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhat TV shows did people often watch in the 1950s and 1960s? Just check these interesting pics to […]

33 Interesting Pics That Capture American People With Telephones in the 1950s

April 18, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1950s were prosperous years for the United States and saw many technological and economic advances. One of […]

These Videophones From the Future Past Are Cooler Than Your iPhone’s FaceTime!

April 13, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCan you even remember what life was like before video technologies like FaceTime or Skype? Out of all […]

Found Photos That Capture People in the Early Days of Television

January 14, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOne of the most popular products in the 1950s was the TV. At the start of the decade, […]

Amazing Infographic of the Evolution of Television

November 26, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe life changing technology that had families huddling around a box in their living rooms, bonding over Saturday […]

36 Retro Snapshots That Capture Teenagers Posing with Their TVs in the 1950s

October 25, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTelevision is the first audiovisual device that changed the way people see entertainment. It opened the realm of […]

Before Television: 37 Interesting Photos of People with Their Radios during the Radio Golden Age

October 11, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio […]

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