Genuine Bell (telephone)

[xylenol15]

Wait, weren't some of the phones pictured still unavailable for purchase in 1979?

[RJSchex]

"When you get right down to it, this isn't the phone. This is."

[Green18600]

Factual And Useful!! The following commercial -- by the Bell System -- from 1979 was rated a strong 4 in my book. I recall a similar advertisement from 1975 on television; therefore, telephones were something special to people.