1956 Bell Telephone ATT Vintage Ad System Rhode Island Hurricane Rescue Story Block RI AT&T 56 *You Choose Frame-Mat Colors-Free USA S&H*
- Vintage Magazine Ad professionally matted and framed here in Helendale...an Historic Route 66 town in Southern California.
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Some of the text in this Vintage Ad:
Telephone Man
Helps Save Five
from Tidal Waters
Quick action prevents
tragedy when family
is marooned in hurricane
Hurricane winds of 110
miles an hour were creating a
tidal wave when the telephone
operator at Block Island,
Rhode Island, received a call
for help from a family marooned
in a cottage.
"I was in the telephone office,"
says installer repairman
Robert A. Gillespie, when I
heard of the call. I'd been
through hurricanes. I knew
they might be in real trouble."
Quickly enlisting the aid of
two other men outside the
building, he drove his company
truck to within 400 feet of the
isolated cottage, as near as the
high water would allow.
AWARDED MEDAL-Robert A. Gillespie, of Block Island, R. I., was
awarded the Vail Medal for "courage, endurance and ingenuity" in helping
rescue five people. Vail Medals, with cash awards, are given by the
Bell System for acts of noteworthy public service by telephone employees.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
RESCUE AT HAND. Telephone man
fights his way through swirling
waters to bring marooned cottagers
to safety during hurricane.
A great Vintage Ad!
You pick your frame color, and you pick your mat color. We will mat and frame your Vintage Ad per your request and send it to you promptly. All you have to do is remove it from the box and hang it on the wall in your home, office, garage, man cave, or showroom!
We mat and frame original, vintage magazine ads...they are in good condition, but may not be perfect as they are many decades old. Frame outside dimensions are 15" x 12", and matted ad is approximately 9-5/8" x 6-5/8" (could be slightly different, depending on ad).
Frames and vintage ads are actual as shown, and mat is computer generated for online viewing. Actual mat is custom cut for each individual ad and mat color will be similar to the colors shown on the website. “Travel Route 3 Scan” watermark is placed on the ad for online viewing only, and is not part of the final product. Back side of Vintage Ad is glued to backing paper so that it continues to display flat over time. Here is what you will receive:
- New frame
- New mat
- New glass
- Vintage Ad
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