Telephone Book - 1953 Oklahoma Automatic Telephone Co.

02/18/2025

A bit of a mystery. ??

Definitely, the company was some sort of holding company, but who? I don't know. I have a bunch of these old telephone directories, most of them from Oklahoma and Texas. But, some of the books are from Kansas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Every directory features a different telephone company.

The same design is used: an angel holding bolts of lightning and a telephone supplying lines and connectivity to the people. Beautiful ! Was it a Co-Op? Was it a chain of Independents? I don't know! There is the mystery! Please let me know what you might know!

Thanks for looking!

P.S. Stringtown has a big prison, but it is not "Big Mac" over in McAlester.