Posted 7 years ago
EJW-54
(230 items)
Hi all! I had picked up a Porcelain Public Phone Sign some years ago and finally got an old 1960's Payphone to go with it. I believe it's a Western Electric mod # 223G. This phone was on E-Bay as a "buy it now" but no one was going for it as it's in a little rough condition and shipping it was pricey. I contacted the seller and made them an offer and they accepted and shipped it right away, many thanks to them! I'll clean this up and get some missing parts and put a fresh coat of paint on it, fun fun!! Enjoy!
UPDATE: 1 new Photo added, I took this all apart, cleaned and sanded it, put 3 coats of semi-gloss Black on it and now just waiting for the missing lock to come in. Thanks for looking!
Sweet find !!! Nice old phone !!
Great pay phone
Love it! I would love to have one of those in my house!
Very neat!
look who loves this to: iggy, AnythingObscure, MountainGirl, antiquerose, Newfld,
Thanks antiquerose and Newfld for nice comments!
Glad you love this to Daddy_Nobucks, purvis, Caperkid, usedcarlady, cindyjune, vetraio50, Anik, Brunswick, betweenthelens and pw-collector!
Thankyou cindyjune, you should get one!
Brunswick, Thankyou for your time, you've been so much more than kind..:)
Thanks betweenthelens, it is neat!
So Cool you all Love this, thanks officialfuel, MountainGirl, trukn20, AntigueToys, rustyboltz, sugargirl, Lady_Picker, shughs, MyCountry, ttomtucker, Chevelleman69
fortapache and sanhardin!
What's a pay phone!!! Hhaaaha. Nice nice nice
More that love this! Thanks oldpeep, SPEEDWAYPICKER, clockerman and snowman3.
LOL clockerman, when the little kids come over they like to play with my old phones and there learning what I grew up with.
cool you love this vintagegirl66, Brunswick, ttomtucker, Beachbum58 and mikelv85
Thanks Neighborguysfan, mtg75 and chrissylovescats!
Thanks egreeley1976!
Glad you love this to Manikin, allways good to hear from you!
That's pretty cool. In not so far distance, they'll wonder what the heck it is!!!
nice .. reminds me of Somewhere around 1967 when I was a teen, you could get all the free payphone
calling you wanted from a phonebooth by using a booby-pin. The mouth and
earpieces of the always-black plastic (bakelite?) handset were a filled-in
circle of perforations-- you spread the bobby-pin, poked one end into a
center hole in the mouthpiece, the other end into one of the perimeter
mouthpiece holes, then touched the other end of bobby-pin to exposed metal
on the phone body. It would usually produce a small spark, and then you got
the dial-tone, made your call. All of the booths near the teen hangouts had
bobby-pins lined up ready to go.
shareurpassion, Thanks, I bet your right, when the little ones come over I let them play with my old phones and that way they see what we grew up with.
Thanks Windwalker! Cant say I ever did that but funny story!
Glad you love this to truthordare, Johnsmith, lzenglish and ttomtucker!
Cool! more that Love this! Thanks Collectables59, blunderbuss2 and AnythingObscure
Thanks Johnsmith for another love-it !
Thanks clockerman, kerry10456 and Vynil33rpm, glad you love this to !
I recall the one in my dad’s gas station store back in 60s-70s....just like yours except the cord was very short and was metal.