1906 Man on the Phone Animation
1906 - Men posed in offices with telephones as if receiving calls from their wives
These are two images in a series of 11, unfortunately these are the only two in the series online. There’s probably a funny story to go along with it. The actual captions from the cards are:
Man in office on telephone with disappointed look: “Is this you, John?” “Yes.” “Well–”
Man in office on telephone with disappointed look: “–my mother–”
View the original from the Library of Congress here, to view the next photo click ‘browse neighboring items by call number’.
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Interesting–thanks for linking.
slamdunk
May 17, 2010 at 12:22 am