2 Responses to Voices — Christine Collins, August 18, 1932

1. Richard H says:

   February 2, 2009 at 12:58 pm

   Sad letter.
   Phone number “Trinidad 1980”. Four digits or six?
   I’m guessing six. Why was there a word in front of the numbers instead of six numbers?
   I remember this number: RIchmond 9-5171

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2. Jim says:

   February 2, 2009 at 2:51 pm

   First of all, she was a very gracious lady.
   In the early days, the first two numbers of a phone number were the first two leeters of a word. This was done away with in the 1960;s as they ran out of words. They added the fifth number in the late 1930’s or 1940’s when they began to run out of numbers.

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