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Re: Los Angeles Numbering, 1940s

Tim@Backhome.org
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:18:38 -0800

Steven Lichter wrote:

> 60's when the changes were made. I started with CWT/GTE in 1967 and
> they were already changed and using 48/53 Full Satt.

Wasn't 1967 the year that then General Telephone of California bought
CWT (California Water and Telephone for you lurkers; aka "Cal Drip and
Tinkle." ;-)

I grew up in Monrovia, a CWT town. We didn't get automatic dialing
until 1950, as I recall.

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