Wednesday, February 18, 2009

WO 6-5758

14 comments:

Mame said...

Okay, so the "WO" is the first part of the phone number but what is WO short for? Wolf? Wool? Wonder?

I love those old phone numbers. I like to think I would've been on the Algonquin exchange if I'd been around back then and had a phone number.

Ken, the green leaves look mighty delicious this time of year...

Virginia said...

Love the title. That's the FIRST thing I spotted was that old phone number. Mine was TRemont 9-9024! Love that long term memory thing. Now where did I put my "short term"??? Is this place stlll in "bidness" KM?

Judy said...

An awesome old sign!

Anonymous said...

Nice! Where is this Ken?

Daryl said...

WO Wonderful .. when I was a kidlette our phone # was JE 6-0966 .. the JE was for JEROME ... there was a Jerome exchange in the Bronx.. I wonder if WO is for WORTH

Uma por Dia said...

Always small expresso for me :)

Great photo!

Cyd said...

WO is for "WOrth" Nice Kenny!
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/lifestyle/1997/04/27/1997-04-27_connection_to_the_past_once_.html

Hope said...

Something told me to ring up your blog tonight! Love the sign!

dianasfaria.com said...

our phone number was ch9 which was short for chappel 9. I always loved the sound of that. My neighbors was my4, but I can't remember what it was short for. Though her granddaughter & I spent a lot of time eavesdropping & commenting on her party line. Anyone remember party lines?

Grand Life said...

Just discovered your blog and spent 2 hours browsing your posts. New York and Grand Lake, Colorado are my favorite places in the world. We stay at a friends pre-war apartment off Bleeker 2 weeks each year and prowl the streets of the village. Wonderful posts.

Mykola Dementiuk said...

Had a place on 13th Street number was LF3 4314, thought it was for Lafayete but was told it was for Left Foot...Huh? That was my reaction.

http://timesqueer.blogspot.com/

Jill said...

My grandparents were TW6-3940. TW was for Twining.

Anonymous said...

Love this photo!

Would be awesome matted and framed.

Frank Jump said...

This is actually on Thompson Street.