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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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d for a largebusiness installation. And the logicalplace to start is with the line betweenthe subscribers premises and the cen-tral office. An individual line is preferable, ofcourse, since it is used only in thesubscribers own service. A partyline, shared with others but havinga lower charge, may prove satisfac-tory if the family is small and theuse, both outward and incoming, lim-ited. Nor is one line the ultimate.A large household, whose membershave many interests and activities,may very well have two central officelines—or more. It is not unusual fora big estate, or even an elaborateapartment, to be as well equippedtelephone-wise as a business office. Central-office lines connect withtelephones. Of the latter, half adozen kinds, at least, are availablefor household use. The handset, lying in its mounting,and with the bell box placed incon-spicuously nearby, is appropriate toany room. So is the combined hand-set, which includes, in a larger base, 19^0 At the Customers Service 251
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COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE Few things contribute more to domestic ease than telephones in the right places the bell and necessary electricalequipment, and thus eliminates thebell box. The handset can be had, just asreadily, to hang on the wall or to beaffixed to a shelf; it is most convenientfor kitchen, pantry, hall, or other lo-cation where space is limited. Aportable telephone can be pluggedinto special outlets much as are elec-tric fans or vacuum cleaners, offeringa courtesy in the guest room and astep-saver in other parts of the house.There is a telephone made especiallyto fasten permanently on the wall;the desk telephone is still available ifone prefers that type; an outdoortelephone comes in weather-proof casefor garden, tennis court, or elsewhereabout the grounds. Indeed, if har-mony in the decorative scheme of any room is important, telephones can behad in dark gold, old brass, oxidizedsilver, statuary bronze, dark blue,gray-green, ivory, old rose, or Pekinred. If some member of

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