The original advertising art is basically the same as what you see here—minus the dialogue. So I’m not posting it. — John
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SCENE: A 1924 woman in a blue dress is talking on the phone while standing at a desk. Out the window beside her we see a 1924 Ford car. Possibly a Model T?
WOMAN: What am I wearing? What a strange phone survey! I’m naked! How about you?
Ad for 1924 Ford Closed Cars Artist: Unknown
Switchboard Operator: John Lustig
Ford Closed Cars_1924
WOMAN: What am I wearing? What a strange phone survey! I’m naked! How about you?
Ad for 1924 Ford Closed Cars Artist: Unknown
Switchboard Operator: John Lustig
Ford Closed Cars_1924
The first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” Bell had received a comprehensive telephone patent just three days before.
Was this the first obscene phone call? Some things are lost in the historical mists…