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First-Ever Phone Directory and Instruction Manual to Be Auctioned

This is the world's first phone directory—and it's going up for sale next month in New York at Christie's auctioneers. The Telephone Directory, Volume 1, Number 1, for New Haven, Connecticut, aptly enough, is, at 20 pages, more of a pamphlet than the kind of thing that big strong men rip in half to make the ladies swoon (and us geeks shrug and say, "SFW?") But the funniest thing about The Telephone Directory (apart from the estimated price) is the first eight pages—which are instructions on how to use the telephone. More »

12:10 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By AddyDugdale
6,189 views, 54 comments

Latest by tokiwartooth: @enigmaroon1: No, that'd be "God be with you." 20th Century folk were a lazy bunch. more »