The Victoria Advocate

Remembering the golden days of rotary phones

The Jetsons got a lot right. Flying cars are now a reality. Zoom meetings. Robot vacuum cleaners. And video phones. One thing that was absent from that cartoon show was something that’s been around ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

'Connected by love': In Ridgefield, an old rotary phone helps people cope with grief

Jacob Shannon (left) and Lynda Shannon Bluestein set up a "wind phone" outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, ...
WTVF

One year later, this East Nashville wind telephone is providing much needed healing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Remember landlines? Some of us may still have them and there's a chance it's even an old rotary phone. It's a common casual conversation of 'why not just use your cell phone?
The Advocate

Ode to the dial tone: An old Louisiana rotary phone prompts a trip down memory lane

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...
Post-Bulletin

An old rotary phone dials back to the past

My kids are mesmerized by a rotary phone. We bought the cream-colored 1970s model a couple weeks ago from Goodwill for $4.99. My son was asked to bring an old electric appliance to Camp Invention, and ...
WGBH

'Connected by love': In Ridgefield, an old rotary phone helps people cope with grief

On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, cream-colored rotary phone sitting in a grove of trees outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. She picked up the ...