Sign
Payphone advertising sign in English.
- Accession Number 2021.01.07
- Materials metal
- Measurements 28 x 30,4 x 4 cm
Historical context
The metal sign reads: “PUBLIC TELEPHONE / LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE”.
Alexander Graham Bell obtained his telephone patent in 1876. 4 years later, the first telephone directory for the city of Montreal was published, with 244 entries. In its early days, telephone service was very unevenly distributed. It was mainly offered to the privileged (business circles, professionals and affluent neighborhoods) and to Engli...
- Accession Number 2021.01.07
- Materials metal
- Measurements 28 x 30,4 x 4 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by the Telecommunications Museum, 2021.001.007
Photo by Louis-Etienne Dore
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