Description
Black and white 9 1/2″ x 13 3/4″ ad for the Bell Telephone System. The ad headline says that “Just calling up can brighten your day” and there are four comic drawings showing people talking on the telephone and what they have to say. There is a man who is saying that “It’s fun to phone” and the lady he is talking to is answering “So glad you called”. Then there is a woman who is saying that “It’s good to hear your voice” as the man she is talking to answers “The dance was swell”. The text tells us that “The telephone can be priceless in emergencies. It’s the world’s best helper when it comes to saving time, trips and trouble. But one of its greatest uses has nothing to do with sudden need or calls to the grocer, dentist, hairdresser, electrician, department store, etc. It’s to bring friends and families together. Just to be able to lift the receiver and talk to others is one of the joys of the telephone. Isn’t there some news you’d like to share with someone right now? And hasn’t that someone some news you’d like to hear? A telephone call that costs so little can do so much to brighten the day at both ends of the line”.
Source: November 19, 1956 Life magazine.
