Tech Support from the 1930's

I have the Core77 design blog added to my Google Reader account. This evening I saw they added a story about "Tech Support from the 1930's". It's a YouTube video from a Western Electric training film showing people how to use them new-fangled dial telephones. I laughed at the "Oh Gramps, that's yummy!" comment from the girl who's having trouble with her Algebra homework. Algebra? They had math back then? ;-) Also interesting was the part how they should how they were going to cut-over to the new system. Wow!

Part One...


Now, in this part what I found interesting was that the dial tone sounds like it was recorded when they were electrocuting a prisoner in the Huntsville Prison. (For all ya non-Texans out there, that's where we kill 'em.)

Part Two...


I found these interesting in that they give the date and time of the cut-over in 1927. Wow, nearly 81 years.

The Change is A-comin'...


NOTE: This video has no audio...


I like this video since I totally remember the coolness factor of our new Trimline phone with the rotary dial. A few years later we got the touch-tone model in our house...


To think what all these folks would do with a cellphone.