New Phone Attachment Dials Numbers Wanted (Oct, 1937)
Filed under: Telephone — @ 12:27 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1937
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1937
| Buy on Ebay
New Phone Attachment Dials Numbers Wanted
Twelve numbers frequently called are automatically dialed on a telephone by a new mechanical attachment. When the user sets a pointer at a desired number and presses a lever, the apparatus spins the dial.
This looks like it could have been popular in a Vegas hotel room. “I’ve been playing this thing all night and it hasn’t paid off yet!”
It does make me miss that long lost sound of the phone being dialed and being able to twirl the cord with your finger.
Comment by Neil Russell — November 22, 2007 @ 9:15 am
belongs in Origins-
The first device that will lead to not remembering anyone’s phone number.
Comment by Stannous — November 22, 2007 @ 10:49 am
Hmm…old school speed dial.
Comment by Mike Brisendine — November 23, 2007 @ 6:23 am