The Pocket Telephone: Century-Old Comic Predicting the Horrors of the Mobile Phone
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 […]
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Ashtrays and Coin-Operated “Tel-a-Chairs” in the Los Angeles Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1969
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!
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
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
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
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 […]
Dialing Tips: 1950’s Instructional Film on How to Use a Rotary Dial Phone
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 […]
The Era of the 1-900 Numbers: The Weirdest 1-900 Hotline Commercials From the 1980s and 1990s
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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 […]