Trilby didn’t realize he had swallowed a telephone until his belly started ringing. You can learn more about National Telephone Day by clicking here: http://southfloridareporter.com/call-someone-tell-national-telephone-day/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Downtown Bartow, Mrs. Gladys Dubose demonstrates a new portable pay phone. The Peninsular Telephone Co. phone was developed right in Bartow in 1949 by Bartow Exchange Manager Nye Jordan. It was intended to be used at events like fairs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad from a St. Petersburg Apartment guide that is undated but appears to be from the 1940s. One interesting bit here is that there is no actual physical street address given for the building. For many people in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…