pdf 54 "Telephone Services For Sale" Brochure, ca 1954 Popular

Published on 06 January 2011 Modified on 16 January 2021 By Paul F 1868 downloads

Telephone Services for Sale. Internal promotion for "Operation Sell," a word of mouth sales program asking Western Electric employees to help sell telephones and services.  Suitable for use anywhere within the Bell System, with a WE slant.  Interesting perspective on the Bell System catching up with demand in the post WWII period.  Shows 500 sets in early colors (yellow, gray, red and blue sets have black dials and gray cords), two-tone 500s, 500H, 532, 510, 502, 554, 354, 211, retractile cords, hands free (speakerphone), answering set, keysets, headsets, switchboards, hazardous environment sets, elevator set, outdoor set, teletypes and mobile telephones.   Contributed by Jonathan Sowers and discussed in a conversation on the Classic Rotary Phones Forum. Processed by Paul Fassbender.