Vintage rotary phone aesthetic

I love the idea of using a good old rotary phone, love the sound that it makes when dialing a number. Although I do own a couple I only use them as a decor piece and as an 'emergency' phone. I don't mind the long process of dialing phone numbers, the two things that keeps me from actually using it, is that most businesess now have an automated services and menus. And you can't use a rotary phone if you want to multi-task unless you're strap on your office chair checking emails, uploading…

Rotary phone. Remember when we left our phones at home?

Remembering the 80s Landline Phone With This Collection of 31 Iconic Designs - Magical memes and gifs that only a true geek could appreciate and laugh at.

Vintage rotary phone, marlboro red cigarettes, red curtains

My parents used to have two phones in the house when I grew up. A beige version of this phone (circa 1968) that hung on the wall in the kitchen. The other one was a desk model up in my parents bedroom. That is it.. no answering machine, no fax, certainly no internet. If you called and my parents were home they would answer the phone - no caller id either. If they weren't home, you would have to call again later. Much simpler times. I learned to dial phones on a phone like this.

Images of art, design, fashion and fancy. 20 images of the same tone or color in a row. over and over and over again. Straight from a lady in the fine city of Portland, OR. Enjoy. -Jen-

Got this phone in 1986!

Want to know how to make an old rotary phone work? Here's your handy guide, straight from the 50s!