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Talking Between San Francisco and Guthrie
Photo of Dana Christian Dana Christian
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05/23/2016
Talking Between San Francisco and Guthrie
Early-day Oklahoma Newspapermen in 1916.
People in photo include: E. B. Guthrie, Sidney Suggs, W. H. B. Hinds, Walter Ferguson, E. S. Bronson, R. E. Stafford, J. Burr Gibbons, and John Golobie
Date & Place: in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma United States
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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05/31/2016
Demonstrating the power of the telephone from San Francisco to Guthrie Oklahoma - it reads “Distance, 2600 miles: rate $13.45 for first three minutes, $4.15 each additional minute: voice traveled at the rate of 56,000 miles per hour: 1,130 tons of copper wire and 99,450 polls used: $2,450,000 invested in Oklahoma-California line: first talk from Oklahoma made by E.S. Bronson, of El Reno.
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05/31/2016
Susie Burchfield Bonnie Runyan "One ringy-dingy..."
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05/31/2016
According to one inflation calculator I found, thats the equivalent of $300 for the first 3 minutes - then $90 each additional minute. And those of us with a cell phone from the mid '90s thought OUR rates were high! :)
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Photo of Jo Vaughn-Hutson Jo Vaughn-Hutson
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05/31/2016
Not everybody had a phone back then.
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05/31/2016
Great picture. Interesting History.
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Photo of Helen Norvell Helen Norvell
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05/31/2016
Amazing
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Wow! 😮 Cool fact that calculation!
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