What are these:
TE-3-6477
HU-6-3191
PA-5-5791
Hint:
I am 40 years old, and not old enough (smart enough?) to know. They are written on very old records here at the company.
> I am 40 years old, and not old enough (smart enough?) to know. They are written on very old records here at the company.
I'm 49 and guessing they're phone numbers
> > I am 40 years old, and not old enough (smart enough?) to know. They are written on very old records here at the company.
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> I'm 49 and guessing they're phone numbers
That sounds like a good guess. that is definitely the format numbers were listed when I was young.
It might help to have the context of how those codes appeared.
HU-6 was a Bothell exchange
PA-5 was a Ranier Valley / Beacon Hill exchange
> HU-6 was a Bothell exchange
> PA-5 was a Ranier Valley / Beacon Hill exchange
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>> http://www.uneeda-audio.com/stuff/tel_pfxs.htmbr >
Winner!
I looked at them and had never seen phone number written that way, but it makes a lot of sense.
> TE-3-6477
> HU-6-3191
> PA-5-5791
> I am 40 years old, and not old enough (smart enough?) to know. They are written on very old records here at the company.
49 years old and look like phone numbers to me. People would also have names to go with the letters. Ours was WI 7 2565, but you would not say W I, we would say WIndsor 7 2565.
I'll never forget good ol' TOpaz 95095.
(And that was when we had rotary 'phones and nines and zeroes were a chore to dial.)
I recognized them right away, but I was accustomed to seeing them without the first hyphen, like CH4-1234
I hear that the old crank phones are good for fishing too.
At least that is what my grandpa and father told me.
In my younger years I used to do contract 'frame' checks for Southwestern Bell at the "exchange" or "wire centers". Although I grabbed these from Wikipedia, the Phone Co. used to have a published list of "accepted" wire center prefixes...and I think these fit that pretty close.
For you old timers like me, look through here, you'll probably find one of your old prefixes.
22x: ACademy, BAldwin, CApital, CAstle
23x: ADams, BElmont, BEverly, CEdar, CEnter, CEntral
24x: CHapel, CHerry, CHestnut, CHurchill, CIrcle, CLinton
25x: ALpine, BLackburn, CLearbrook, CLearwater, CLifford
26x: AMherst, ANdrew, COlfax, COlony, COngress
27x: BRidge, BRoad(way), BRown(ing), CRestview, CRestwood
28x: ATlantic, ATlas, ATwater, ATwood, AVenue, BUtler
29x: AXminster, AXtel, CYpress, FAculty, FAirfax, FAirview
32x: DAvenport, DAvis, EAst(gate), EDgewood, EDison, FEderal
33x: DEerfield, DEwey, EDgewater, FIeldstone, FIllmore, FIrestone
34x: DIamond, DIckens, FIeldbrook, FLanders, FLeetwood
35x: ELgin, ELliot, ELmwood
36x: EMerson, EMpire, ENdicott, FOrest, FOxcroft
37x: DRake, DRexel, ESsex, FRanklin, FRontier
38x: DUdley, DUnkirk, DUpont, EVergreen, FUlton
39x: EXbrook, EXeter, EXport, EXpress, HAzel
42x: GArden, GArfield, HAmilton, HArrison, IDlewood
43x: GEneral, GEneva, HEmlock, HEmpstead
44x: GIbson, GIlbert, HIckman, HIckory, HIllcrest, HIlltop
45x: GLadstone, GLencourt, GLendale, GLenview, GLobe, GRidley
46x: HObart, HOmestead, HOpkins, HOward, INgersoll, IVanhoe
47x: GRanite, GReenwood, GReenfield, GReenleaf, GRover
48x: HUbbard, HUdson, HUnter, HUntley, HUxley
49x: GYpsy, HYacinth, HYatt
52x: JAckson, LAfayette, LAkeside, LAkeview, LAmbert, LAwrence
53x: JEfferson, KEllogg, KEystone, LEhigh, LEnox, LInden
54x: KImball, KIngsdale, KIngswood, LIberty, LIncoln
56x: JOhn, JOrdan, LOcust, LOgan, LOwell
58x: JUniper, JUno, JUstice, LUdlow, LUther
59x: LYceum, LYndhurst, LYnwood, LYric
62x: MAdison, MAin, MArket, MAyfair, NAtional
63x: MEdford, MElrose, MErcury, NEptune, NEwton, NEwtown
64x: MIdway, MIlton, MIssion, MItchell, NIagra
65x: OLdfield, OLive, OLiver, OLympia, OLympic
66x: MOhawk, MOntrose, MOrris, NOrmandy, NOrth(field)
67x: ORange, ORchard, ORiole, ORleans, OSborne
68x: MUrdock, MUrray, MUseum, MUtual, OVerbrook, OVerland
69x: MYrtle, OWen, OXbow, OXford, RAymond, SAratoga
72x: PAlace, PArk(view), PArk(way), RAndolph, REpublic, SHerwood
73x: PErshing, REd(field), REd(wood), REgent, SHadyside
74x: PIlgrim, PIoneer, RIver(side), RIver(view), SKyline
75x: PLateau, PLaza, PLeasant, PLymouth
76x: POplar, POrter, ROckwell, ROger(s), SOuth(field)
77x: PRescott, PResident, PRospect, SPring, SPruce
78x: STate, STerling, STillwell, STory, SUnset
79x: PYramid, SWathmore, SWift, SWinburne, SYcamore
82x: TAlbot, TAlmadge, TAylor, VAlley, VAndyke
83x: TEmple, TEnnyson, TErminal, TErrace, VErnon
84x: THornwell, TIlden, VIctor(ia), VIking, VInewood
85x: ULrick, ULster, ULysses, UNiversity, VOlunteer
86x: TOwnsend, UNderhill, UNion, TRojan, UPtown
87x: TRemont, TRiangle, TRinity, TUxedo
88x: TUcker, TUlip, TUrner, TWining
89x: TWilight, TWinbrook, TWinoaks
92x: WAbash, WAlker, WAlnut, WArwick, WAverly
93x: WEbster, WElls, WEllington, WEst(more), YEllowstone
94x: WHitehall, WHitney, WIlliam(s), WIlson, WIndsor
96x: WOodland, WOodlawn, WOodward, WOrth, YOrktown
98x: YUkon, WYndown, WYman
99x: WYandotte
I remember having HI (Hickory), HY (Hyacinth), MU (Murray Hill), GL (Glendale or Glenmore) and JA (Jamaica) phone numbers.
the exchanges in my city growing up were GR (gregory) and PR (prescott).
I remember our phone as a kid GRegory 1-1412.
It was a party line also in the beginning.
If you had done any research with old city directories, you would have known that they were phone numbers.
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TUrner8 - Lindenhurst, L.I., when I was a kid.
My dad used to tell a story about how him and his brothers were wanted by Game Wardens in three counties for Catfishing with an old crank telephone.
KLondike 5
Why do you suppose this exchange appears in so many old movies and TV shows? 🙂
That's it???
Just TU8?
You must be Ma Bell's first husband.
Keene NH was EL2-XXXX EL was for Elm City except the Elm's all died off pretty much before 1960.
KLondike 5
Obviously because it is 555-xxxx and the Bell System reserved the 555 prefix, never assigned to a local exchange.
Look at Jim Rockford's phone number. It is the same 7-digit number that was on every phone illustrated in an AT&T/Bell ad or publication from the time of 7-digit phone numbers until the Bell breakup. I haven't noticed lately if it is still in use for ads. Hollywood apparently consulted Ma Bell about what number they could use.
Trivia points to anyone who knows that number without research.
