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bettylesswear · 26-30, F
I think it would depend if you could connect it to a modern land lane, which I think is possible.
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@cherokeepatti you could actually make it work if you're determined and not afraid of DIY electronics
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@SW-User You'd have to convert it, it's not going to work as it was manufactured.
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@cherokeepatti I don't think an adapter would be hard to make. It would be kind of fun to have a phone like that on the wall, operational.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I don't think so. They had a switch-hook on them that you'd tap to get the attention of the switchboard operator and then she'd ask for the number and connect. I've seen them used when I was very young, at a General Store in a village a couple miles from our farm.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Probably not.
It's not the number so much but the fact that exchanges are nearly all digital these days so it wouldn't operate on the same system.
No doubt you could get a replica 20's house phone though !
No . Because crank phoners are not operable anymore and because the operator switching system is long gone. Asking an operator to connect you to "Underwood-342" is nor going to work. The famed number "Pennsylvania 6-5000" may still work- be dialable, But one would need to know what two numbers "Pennsylvania" represented -and dial it.

In 1903 The Wreck of the Old 97 took place on a run between Lnychburg and Danville, VA. it was to arrive at 1:44 in the PM.

Today, there is still a line that runs from Lynchburg to Danville. And every Sunday it arrives in Danville at 1:44.

That predates the 1920's by a bit- but that is still in effect.
Unlikely

Dialling codes will have changed
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Hmmm..what would a phone number from 1920 be? 8?
RemovedUsername634280 · 41-45, F
@MrBlueGuy oh yeah, I didn't even think of that,
Dial one and see
Goralski · 51-55, M
Not enough digits
NankerPhelge · 61-69, M
I doubt it.
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