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313 Day: The past, present, future of Detroit's area code
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMarch 13, otherwise known as "313 Day" after Detroit's area code, has returned to the Motor City...
The history of the American phone book
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOnce a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical...
Ford Maverick Owner Hacks in F-150 Shifter To Replace Rotary Dial
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFord Maverick Owner Hacks in F-150 Shifter To Replace Rotary Dial photo Ford's bite-sized Maverick...
OPINION: Potpourri: Where have all the phone booths gone?
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, Kan. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 14—As a child I was fascinated by telephones. If there was one around I had to play with it. I loved the sound the rotary dial made as a call was placed. The process involved lifting the ...
Opinion: Let's Bring Back the Telephone Table
House Beautiful via AOL· 2 years agoLet's Bring Back the Telephone TableNathan Schroeder Over the course of history, technological updates have resulted in the extinction of certain home...
What is a ‘wind phone’? Concept helps offer comfort to those grieving lost loved ones
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Tennessee’s first “wind telephone” was created by Allison Young, a cancer research...
Will the Stuart Heritage Museum stay on the downtown waterfront? Voters decide in August
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSTUART — Voters will decide in August whether pieces of the city's history stay put for another...
Tinsley: Digital faith
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI am a digital immigrant. I was born into a world of rotary dial telephones and slide rules, cash registers that resembled slot machines, schools without air conditioning, encyclopedias that ...
Telephone of the Wind comes to Boettcher Park
Lake County Leader, Polson, Mont. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 1—It's mostly big old trees, grass, and the swish and murmur of Flathead Lake in the background at the eastern end of Boettcher Park. That's why Suz Rittenhouse chose to put a Telephone ...
Kewanee history from the Star Courier archives
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years ago15 years agoFriday, Oct. 12, 2007 Smokey, the female Dalmatian who was the Kewanee Fire Department’s mascot for the past 14 years, died Thursday, Fire...