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INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANIES WERE COMPANIES NOT OWNED
NOR CONTROLLED BY THE BELL SYSTEM AND AT&T. INDEPENDENT SIGNS ARE FOUND
IN MULTICOLOR AND WILL PICTURE LOGOS WITH TELEPHONE POLES, MAPS, TELEPHONES,
ETC. SINCE INDEPENDENTS WERE USUALLY SMALLER COMPANIES THEIR SIGNS CAN
BE SCARCE. THOUGH SOME GENERIC INDEPENDENT SIGNS ARE SEEN REGULARLY AND
ARE PICTURED ON THIS PAGE.
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INDEPENDENT SIGNS PICTURING TELEPHONE SETS AS THOSE ABOVE
ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO COLLECTORS. THE SIGN ON THE LEFT IS FROM THE LINCOLN
(NEBR.) TELEPHONE CO. THE MIDDLE SIGN IS FROM ALBERTA CANADA. THESE TWO
SIGNS DATE FROM THE 1920/30s. THE TEXAS SIGN SHOWING THE LATER DESK SET
IS FROM THE 1940/50s.
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HERE ARE THREE GENERIC INDEPENDENT SIGNS. ANY INDEPENDENT
TELEPHONE COMPANY COULD OF USED THEM. THE SIGN ON THE LEFT WITH THE 500
TYPE DESK SET TELEPHONE IS FROM THE 1950s. THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT DATES
FROM THE 1940s WHILE THE MIDDLE SIGN IS ONE THAT WAS USED OVER A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME GOING BACK TO THE 1920s.
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