Article: OLD PHONES FINDING A NEW CALLING.(AT HOME)

Byline: MARY DANIELS Chichago Tribune

If they could only talk (on their own), what tales telephones might tell: the news of babies born, of war declared, of tragic accidents and other endings, of romances begun or broken off, of fortunes made and destinies altered. It is a wakeup call to think how much of modern man's life is lived by way of the telephone.

The instrument itself has a history, one that has been little considered until recently, says ``Rainbow'' Hirsh of 20th Century Classic American Telephones in Boulder, Colo.

For 10 years, Hirsch Known simply as ``Rainbow'' in the antiques world was a dealer in Art Deco and Art Moderne ...

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