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    Posted 13 years ago

    ttomtucker
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    On April 13, 1882 the Los Angeles Telephone Company had 90 subscribers listed in it's directory. Twenty seven years later in Aug. 1909 The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co had 52,257 subscribers. This shows some of the growth in Southern California and the City of Los Angeles.

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    Comments

    1. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Thank you earthandmagneto
    2. scottvez scottvez, 13 years ago
      How many phones in the city now?
    3. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 13 years ago
      Los Angeles City has approx. 1.75 million landline telephones, Los Angeles County has 7 million landlines. This has dropped over the years because of cel phones.
    4. Blessmysoul, 12 years ago
      Have you had this appraised?
    5. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 12 years ago
      Blessmysoul, I haven't had the directories appraised.
    6. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 12 years ago
      Thank you scottvez, packrat-place, vanskyock24
    7. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      this is a super early one!

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