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It sounds a little like a square dance move, or maybe more like a carnival dance, but it's actually a shared service line for the telephone, also known as a local loop telephone. Phone providers utilized these multiparty lines to connect many homes to the same telephone line at a time when the supplies, especially … See more

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To signal specific subscribers on party lines selectively, telephone operating companies implemented various signaling systems.
The earliest selective system was the code ringing system, in which each telephone subscriber was assigned a specific ringing cadence, (not to be confused with modern ring tones).

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WebApr 19, 2018 · Phone History: All About Party Lines Norman Rockwell’s The Party Wire (1919) [ Source] Imagine picking up your phone to call a …

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WebFeb 6, 2017 · Welcome to the party line, a group phone call where teens went to meet strangers in the mid 1980s. Think of it like a precursor to the internet chat room. Around …

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WebDMCA Stories Telephone Party Lines May Be Gone But They Stuck Around Longer Than You Think by FaceTime, streaming, Google Docs, three-way calls. Before all these …

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WebOct 12, 2005 · When I lived in a small town in Alaska in the mid-70s, everybody had the same exchange so you only needed to know the last 4 digits of somebody's phone

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WebApr 11, 2017 · 1) Make your calls brief. 2) Space your calls well apart so others can use the line. 3) If line is in use, hang up promptly and try again in a few minutes. 4) Give right of way to emergency calls. 5) Make as …

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WebMar 23, 2015 · Shoreham Telephone was the last phone utility in the state to service party lines. -7961 (my grandparents), -7963 (our farm - the barn line), -7965 (still my aunt and uncle), -7967 (unassigned

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WebKenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This …

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WebFeb 25, 2009 · This is one such story she wrote about her experience with the telephone in the early 1900's. Years before there were big telephone systems, many very small companies were in use in our area of Indiana. …

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WebSep 22, 2020 · A party line is a telephone line that you share with other homes. During and after World War II the lines used for telephones was expensive and not readily available. …

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WebNov 10, 2018 · Some party-line callers would make a telephone call and let the telephone ring and ring until it was answered. By doing this, the telephone kept ringing in …

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WebJul 25, 2017 · In fact, party lines, which are a type of shared / group telephone subscription service, were the dominant type of phone service for decades. By the 1950s, when they …

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WebJul 21, 2009 · The first two digits of a phone number were referred by a word incorporating their related letters – for example, PEnnsylvania 6-5000 would mean to dial PE6-5000, or …

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WebOne of four letters was appended to telephone numbers: J, M, R, or W to designate each station connected to the four-party line. Dial service and numbering plan After The …

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WebMay 22, 2020 · Party lines? I'm aware that up to 4 customers could share a phone number and each would get a distinctive ring so the correct party would know to pick up, but I've …

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WebMay 14, 2017 · 1) Make your calls brief. 2) Space your calls well apart so others can use the line. 3) If line is in use, hang up promptly and try again in a few minutes. 4) Give right of …

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