Telephone Nostalgia

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Frank Herbert foreshadows the Internet in 1985 (Pacific Bell commercial ...

"In a 1984 TV spot, Frank Herbert, author of Dune, a work which at once invokes the vistas of science fiction, intones a small hymn to technological progress for Pacific Telephone Infosystems. 'The real revolution of the Information Age will not be one of hardware... but of the human spirit." - Theodore Roszack, The Cult of Information

I couldn't find the 1984 ad, but I found the footage recycled into this 1985 Superbowl ad.

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Original Zoom

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Breakfast in Bed. Photo by John Hamilton. Reproduced in Metrograph #1

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telephone pngs!!!

credit and like or reblog if you use <3

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Did i already post this? Courtesy phones at YEG

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Still from Bethany Idea "Condensation of the Causal Network" at Time Space Limited, December 2023.

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(via Reddit - Dive into anything)

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1997: Pagers give teens a new way to say ‘07734’

Pagers were the must-have item for Hoosier teens 25 years ago.

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Thousands wounded, at least 8 dead in pager explosions across Lebanon in apparent Israeli attack

The widespread attack that led to the detonation of thousands of pagers across Lebanon comes amidst rumors that Netanyahu is seeking to repl

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Storno 940 / portable phone (Denmark, 1989)

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Dominoes and telephones

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Western Electric Design Line "Accent" yellow + wicker telephone, as seen in Friday Foster (1975) Made from "about 1974 to the 1980s" according to this page. More technical info here.

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Lamar Adams (@adams_gang315) on Threads

This should be fun 😂

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I totally want one of these. At Historic Albany Foundation last winter. Is it still there?

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What Did People Do Before Smartphones?

No one can remember.

"We couldn’t remember what we did, because there was nothing to remember having done. We did nothing, and it was horrible. Filling the nothingness with activity of any sort became a constant exercise. Talking on the phone offered one approach, however poor. Telephones were the only way to connect with your friends synchronously from afar. They worked astoundingly well, and except for the cost of tying up the line or getting a crick in your neck, local calls were free. Advice, ideas, and tips weren’t as accessible before the internet arrived and then matured, so you might phone a friend or a business for information, not just for chatter."