~ The Telephone and How We Use It, 1951
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“You do not have to shout. Speak as though the other person were in the same room.”

~ Parents Magazine, December 1956
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“Then when you spend extra hours in the kitchen, you can still run your household and visit family and friends without neglecting cookie baking or candy making.”

~ Bell Telephone ad, 1958
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“Every NO VACANCY sign kept reminding me what a chump I was for not calling ahead somewhere for a reservation.”

~ Bell Telephone System, National Geographic Magazine, March 1958
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“A minute from now you can be having a happy time.”

~ How to Telephone; The Home Telephone Directory, August 1, 1910 (San Francisco, CA.)
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“Remove the receiver from the hook. Place the finger in the dial hole opposite the letter prefix of the number wanted, pull the dial down…”

~ The White City Magazine, 1905
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“DON’T
Delude yourself with the belief that you can get along without the telephone.”

~ The Pacific Monthly, vol.12 July-January 1909
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“The very existence of the Bell telephone service has its value to you, even at moments when you are not using it.”

~ Independent Telephone Company, Seattle city directory, p. 89; 1905
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Note: AT&T used a similar advertisement in 1966 

~ Pacific Telephone ad, c1959
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~ Bell Telephone Magazine, 1966
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~ AT&T ad, 1966 (American Home magazine)
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~ The Chicago Blue Book of Selected Names of Chicago and Suburban Towns: Containing the Names and Addresses of Prominent Residents, arranged Alphabetically and Numerically by Streets, Membership List of the Leading Clubs, and other Valuable Information. For the Year Ending 1914., The Chicago Directory Company.

~ Good Housekeeping, October 1955
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“Surely you don’t expect that lovely new bride to get along without a telephone in the kitchen!”

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~ Life magazine, July 6, 1959
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“Expected guests are doubly welcome.”