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DescriptionIllinoisTelephoneAndTelegraphAd.png
English: Advertisement for the automatic (dial) telephone service of the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company (successor to the en:Illinois Tunnel Company).
(in bold underlined black text. "During" is colored blue)
(a highly detailed drawing in blue of the subject of the advertisement, a very old phone from the corporation Automatic Telephone Service, takes up the bottom-left third of the image. the bottom-right third contains varying sizes of black text)
Make the Automatic Tele-
phone Station at the Coliseum
your headquarters. A recep-
tion room, booths and uni-
formed pages at your service
on the main floor of the
Annex.
Let us facilitate your work
—and let us demonstrate to
you the wonderful efficiency
of the Automatic telephone—
The ONE Phone
That Gives
SECRET SERVICE
Automatic Telephone Service is pulling
the biggest popular vote in history! Local
Chicago traffic has more than doubled, and long
distance increased 80%7, since January 1, 1912.
Because of its very low cost, its instantaneous
connections, its sccrecy, its splendid carrying powers,
the Automatic is the only logical telephone. By all
means take advantage of this special convention
Local Calls 5¢
Long distance calls at remarkably low rates
Illinois Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Successor to Illinois Tunnel Co.
Telephone Department
unknown, employed by the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Other versions
Illinois Tunnel Ad
Illinois Tunnel Ad
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Captions
Advertisement for dial telephone service available to delegates to the Republican convention in Chicago. Big letters emphasize the text: "The ONE Phone That Gives SECRET SERVICE".
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