Telecom Throwback Prints

"That's a rotary phone, from when people used their forefinger to call instead of their thumb."

Before social media there was sticky notes.

"Yes, we do fix phones. But, what is that?"

Old and new technologies

"He told me I was a flip phone expected to do a smart phone job."

'Sounds good! -- Have your beeper beep my beeper!'

'But Grandma, how did you text on them?'

'Does it have colour?'

'He's so behind the times - his Hot Line is rotary!'

"Dr. Jenkins was too cheap to buy a state-of-the-art EHR system so he bought this at a public library auction instead."

'Never mind what I'm wearing!'

'It's called a digital watch.'

'This is a prerecorded message. Thank you for rubbing me. Please state your name and your wish. I will get back to you as soon as possible.'

"I could never go wireless."

Very old fashioned computer.

'Where's the autocorrect?'

A.T.&T.'s New Competitors

Scanning documents

Wireless Access Here.

A Native American making smoke signals consults index cards.

'I don't know what it is. It's been here ever since I can remember.'

Frank finally found a place to call home.

'The copier's died on me. Can you send a replacement?'

"We saved a lot of money by investing in older computers. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go figure out why our profits are down."

"I tell you, I remember when all this was protoplasm"

The demise of newspaper threw up some unexpected problems for laptops.

"Don't bother talking to your grandfather. He's unplugged himself."

Endangered Species

Always leave the booth at the sound of the BEEEEEP!

Don't you think that we raised the telephone charges little too much?

"Won't the neighbours be jealous when they see our new 'high definition visual entertainment system'?"

Computer add-on.

Sculpture of a telephone wire.