Telephone operator

This was taken in Virginia City, Montana....a certified ghost town. This scene remains

in one of the buildings, and it had meaning to me. My husband's family had a party

line with 4 families on it, and they used a telephone operator like this. That person

happened to be his grandmother.

EMerson2-0849, I still remember my old number.

Phones have changed dramatically, just in the time I have been around. Gone are the phone booths, party lines, cords.

My nephew of 27 did not know what a rotary phone was. 

Tony....funny, but it makes me feel SO old to know that my grandkids don't even know what a rotary phone is.  Fisher Price makes a cute pull toy that is a phone....it rings when you pull it across the floor.  I was going to buy it for them until I came to my senses and realized they would have no idea what it was.  :-)

Great photo capturing true nostalgia. We're in the age of computers. I pulled out my old slide rule (blew the heavy layer of dust off of it) and showed it to my nieces and nephews and asked them what it was. None of them had any idea. How odd I thought! We math/engineering/science geeks never left home without a slide rule way back in the age of rotary phones!!

Warren.....yeah, so many changes!  This summer we bought those books that tell what was happening in the years our kids were born.....1978 and 1981.  Even that far back things seemed antiquated!  Norm and I bought our years too.....seems like the dark ages!  Ha!

Really nice and nostalgic. I did not realize that that's not a real person at first :-)

Nish....indeed it does look real.  Thanks for visiting and your comment!