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    Posted 13 years ago

    ttomtucker
    (313 items)

    Around the turn of the century the independent telephone companies across the nation adopted the red, white, and blue shield as there own design. This was to attract attention to the indepentend telephone companies that they were not part of the Bell System. The back of the fob is inscribed Compliments of Reliable Electric Company-- Chicago.
    Reliable Electric was a large supplier of electrical goods to the independent telephone market.

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    1. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you AR8Jason
    2. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you youngpicker96
    3. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you James
    4. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you mtn_man
    5. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you jackart, packrat-place, and chevy59

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