The thing I love about these phones are that they add some class to your home especially if the phone is in a place where friends and family can see them
Absolutely! I love older phones that had so much character--my favorite are the older Northern Telecom business sets. The industrial design was fantastic and very timeless! There's this push in the industry that I don't understand, and that is trying to make your telephones look (and sometimes) function like your competitor's models. Same in the auto industry. When I was growing up, you could tell a Chevy from a Ford, and some still can, but they're all so homogenous now. It's crazy.
Wow, what memories. In 1980, as a junior in high school with a part-time job, I bought myself a brown Sculptura for my bedroom. I thought it was so cool; I wish I still had it.
My grandparents got a white Noteworthy Phone with the rotary dial for Christmas of 1980. In 1990, they still had the phone, but had the trimline handset replaced with a touch tone one. They used that phone for over 20 years.
I really miss my yellow rotary Sculptura! If I ever get another land line I'm definitely getting another, white though, but still rotary, because nothing beats the feeling, look and sound of a rotary dial, it was a very satisfying and relaxing little meditation for me.
AT&T and Southern Bell used to go around the neighborhoods and look at the resistance on phone lines to see if customers had unauthorized phones in their homes. I still have a 1968 western electric rotary phone hooked up in my kitchen. So I guess some things never change. It's funny how these phones were rock solid.
Wow that is true,compared to the cheap phones and the cords that they make today. I am always buying telephone cords for my land line phone. 21st Century products cheap,cheap,cheap.
I actually saved a few of these phones from the past. I was completely fascinated by ☎️ telephones as a kid and wanted to know made them tick. Only ones I lost were a 1909 wall phone and one of two from the late 20s to 40s with the separate bell box. Thanks for the great blast from the past video..
Wow this looks so much older than ‘79. I really thought it was a mistake and was more like ‘73. You can tell ATT was still using the old fogey ad agencies they used in the ‘60’s.
Had the Sculptura (Brown), The Telstar, Snoopy and the Candle Stick... Back in the day when you could only have four lines on one number. Our house had two numbers one downstairs and another for the upstairs.
Because the phone company used to charge you per phone I had a separate phone system between rooms and a neighbor's home with ITT phones and a power supply. You would ring the phone you wanted with a crank generator and the phones were together like a party line. A friend's home had Design Line phones and I remember his mom thinking that the regular phones were ugly. Once the friends moved away I collected all the phones and hooked them up as extensions, with the ringers on dedicated wires. The kitchen phone had a sealed magnetic switch inside that was activated by the ringer, and triggered 90 Volts to ring the other phones. Southern Bell never figured out that we had 6 phones in the house. Now I have 24 working phones and no land line, but with Asterisk and a channel bank who needs a land line? Recently picked up a Stowaway at a yard sale for 1.00. Fixed it up and gave it to mom as a present. She still has a ATT land line!
I'm glad you had something over on ATT. I remember timing my long distance calls to the second so I wouldn't have to pay for that time. Long distance calls were no joke back in the 70's and 80's.
@@chargermopar I don't know what those are exactly, I have an idea now, but I'm glad you never paid for long distance. We were so careful not to use the phone for long distance. Back then we would just write letters, haha.
I love home land line phone and I am still using my home phone. I want the Sculptura, Elegant Celebrity, Mediterranean, Candlestick, Antique Gold, Mickey Mouse,Coquette and Snoopy Phones.
I have the phone at 5:20. The Antique Gold. It was given to me by my grandmother. Unfortunately, because of its age, the rj11 port in the receiver broke and fell out of it. Does anyone know of any place that can repair these phones?
Search eBay. I bought a pink 1970s Princess rotary phone that also came with a new attachment for the telephone line to recognize the rotary dial to put through a call. You can find everything on eBay.👍
When I rise to power, I am bringing all of these phones back. But no plastic nor bake-lite. They will be metal, ceramic, ebony and / or Ivory. There will be an iron plate inside, and a mechanical bell. The bottom will also be metal. When you set the phone down, it stays put. Also there will be cloth wire, with fabric insulation minus the lead and asbestos. There will also be the duck phone as seen in the situational comedy, Silver Spoons. Also the Snoopy Beagle and the Mickey Mouse will be metal or painted ceramic or ivory. So yes, delicate. But they will be made well and have warranties. And if leased, replaced for free as long as not subjected to intentional abuse.
There is an FCC law that states that any telephone device--whether it be a rotary-dial phone connected to a landline, or even a cellular phone without service to it...shall be able to make an emergency 911 call. Rotary dial phones will still work on a landline too with no special steps to take other than to dial a number.
