From the 'Turnback Tuesday' archives: Phone booths

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This week's "Turnback Tuesday" looks at phone booths. Once located across the country, they are virtually non-existent now. The first coin operated public telephone was located in a bank in Hartford in 1889. Outdoor phone booths made their entrance in the early 1900s.

This booth was located on Route 115 by Division Street, Elm Street, and Derby Avenue.

[First posted on this date in 2018.]

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.

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Here's a fun 'Turnback Tuesday' I posted a year ago today:

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" looks at phone booths. 

Once located across the country, they are virtually non-existent now. The first coin operated public telephone was located in a bank in Hartford in 1889. 
Outdoor phone booths made their entrance in the early 1900s. 
This booth was located on Route 115 in Derby by Division Street, Elm Street, and Derby Avenue.

Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing local history with the community each week.

I thought this one was really interesting. I never knew there was once a phone booth at the Ansonia town line. A different world!

'Turnback Tuesday' features long-gone telephone booth in Derby

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" looks at telephone booths. 
Once located across the country, they are virtually non-existent now. 
The first coin-operated public telephone was located in a bank in Hartford in 1889. Outdoor phone booths made their entrance in the early 1900s. 
The booth pictured above was located on Route 115 near Division Street, Elm Street in Ansonia, and Derby Avenue in Derby.


Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library for sharing this interesting local history!