Sharing local history courtesy of Derby Public Library

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!