nostalgia – Page 8 – The Coal Speaker

September 26, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Own the past.. call the future

A Facebook ad of a an old phone booth caught our eye tonight.. It’s being sold by a user in Ashland, and it’s the real deal.

….we are tempted to buy!

April 22, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Mike Mulligan still has his steam shovel

Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel

This was a children’s book by Virginia Lee Burton.

It was first published in 1939, in the wake of the Great Depression, it features Mike Mulligan, a steam shovel operator, and his steam shovel Mary Anne.

This weekend, we received a photo of pay phones on 37th St in New York City.

For those who don’t know, we collect these images around here.. those vestiges of the past are actually quite amazing..

Well, it just so happens that only hours after receiving this image, news broke in the city that these, and all other pay phones across Gotham, will become a distant memory!

It’s over..