A Time of Day operator and an exchange name: Ah! Telephony!
I clipped this "Flashback 1937" item from the Chicago Tribune some time ago. With Time of Day service vanishing, I thought I should share this bit of the past here. (Click for a larger view.)
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Time of Day operator, April 1937
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When I was an undergrad at the University of Illinois, I remember that the Time of Day service was provided by Busey Bank (you always got a plug for some financial service like free checking before you heard what time it was). We all referred to the owner of the recorded voice as Lucy Busey.
Here's it a bank too, with an ever-lengthening spiel for bank services prefacing the time.
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