Erie Telephone Exchanges 1959
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| -General Telephone 1959 phone book. |
As phones became more prevalent in Erie County, PA, the telephone company started to run out of five digit numbers. So, they introduced the new, seven digit system. To make it slightly easier to memorize, each region had a two-letter prefix, followed by five numbers. For example, if you worked at First National Bank, you would tell your friends to call you at GL6-2011. There were a lot of unhappy people when the new exchanges were introduced, but people got used to dialing the extra numbers after awhile.
For example:
GL = 45
LA = 52
TE = 83
TW = 89
UN = 86
Do you remember your old phone number?
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