A look inside Charlotte's 1956 Telephone Directory
The Observer librarians jotted notes all over the cover just like we did at home!
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Maria David
Discovering Charlotte's history through photos and ads
Maria David
Maria David
About this blog
Maria is the Observer's archivist and research librarian. When she's not helping reporters connect the dots she's doing what she really loves: unearthing forgotten gems from microfilm and the paper's photo files.
Maria grew up in a small colonial town in NJ which sparked her love of history.
Contact her at @ObserverArchive
Maria grew up in a small colonial town in NJ which sparked her love of history.
Contact her at @ObserverArchive
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5 comments:
I went to work on monday june 4 th 1956 for the southern bell telephone company. I had just graduated friday june 1st. I worked 13 years in thier accounting b department.
Loretta Smith Pettus
1956 - What a coincidence, Loretta! Tx for the comment. -Maria
Who knew answering machines were around in 1956? They were rather large though. Cool stuff.
Anon - I thought the same thing about answering machines. I had no idea! - M
I have had the December 1957 on the shelf beside my desk for years. Its fun to look up old company's ads.
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