Gunslinger Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Over the weekend my wife I visited a local flea market where I found this yardstick that was a promo for a Studebaker dealer...Zacharias Motors. I believe they were located in Pennsylvania and I assume this was from the 1950's based on that their phone number were only four digits and hadn't been upgraded to the three-digit exchange yet. I think they must have still had to go through operators for phone calls. I remember as a youngster during that time period we had to do that...it was probably late 1950's or very early 1960's before we had a seven digit phone number and many still had party lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Cool!.....I too recall picking up the telephone to place a call and hearing "Operator"...and then giving her (ALWAYS a her!) the four digit phone number I wanted to call. I even REMEMBER one of the phone numbers I'd call!.....My dad's resturaunt.....I'd call there to pester him all the time!....His number was...8554. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 that is a very cool find. Why not create a mirror type shadow box and display it. I know another poster that might go well with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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