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I invite you to click on the small
picture to see a larger version.
These photographs are not to scale
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1910 Keystone of Philadelphia Catalog |
Cover Page |
To view entire catalog,
click on cover page at the left.
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| These copies of pages from a 1910 catalog were provided
to me ages ago and represent various types of apparatus and
equipment available to Keystone customers in 1910. Some
models shown I am not aware of anyone currently owning...or
even seen. (If
anyone knows of any items pictured in this catalog which
could be made available for purchase, I would appreciate
letting me know.) |
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Keystone Business Related Document Page |
| c 1907-1908 - Here is the 567th page from a document
labeled "Industrial Securities". It describes information
relating to Keystone Telephone Co of Phila and appears this
document was printed sometime between 02/1907 and 07/1908.
It mentions the date Keystone was formed as November 12,
1902. |
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c. unknown - An interesting note: My main purpose for displaying this card (other than it's Keystone) is that some believe that Keystone handled business accounts only. I have always disagreed for the simple reason my family had Keystone (before I was born). This rate card makes the case pretty solid.
According to the scribble on the card, someone got 30 days for free. |
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Keystone Stock Certificate |
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c. 1926 - 4 shares of Keystone Telephone Co. of Phila. stock. Someone at sometime printed the word WORTHLESS in the upper left corner. |
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From Keystone Telephone Co. of
Philadelphia - Note vehicles in adds. |
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These 7 ink blotters are in very
nice condition. All display dial candlesticks which would
place production sometime in the 1911 - 1923 range.
NOTE: Back in the
days when everyone used quill pens and fountain pens, the
one thing that could be found on every office or writing
desk was an ink blotter. Ink blotters were usually made of a
soft absorbent paper formed into a card and were used to dry
up excess ink.
With the invention of
ballpoint pens in the 1950's, ink blotters disappeared from
the average office desk. |
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Keystone Annual Banquet Photographs |
| c 1915-1916 - Keystone Telephone Company Pioneers
banquet photos. Looks like 1915 was the first, followed by
another in 1916. Wonder if there were anymore? Pictures of
Hotel Majestic Hotel & Kugler's Restaurant can be found on
the net. |
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Keystone Map of Service and Coverage |
| c. Unknown - This appears to be a map that denotes
Keystone of Phila coverage. It is tri-folded and it's use is
not known to me. Paper is old and fragile. Names and
locations are interesting. |
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Annual Report and Map of the Keystone
Telephone Co. of Philadelphia |
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c. 1909 - Annual report with map.
Measures 6"X9" closed. Very informative document.
Gleaned from this report are a few things worth noting. In
1909 Keystone had 30,000 telephones in Philadelphia and
surrounding area compared to 17,000 in 1905. Additionally,
they had just expanded with cable under the Delaware River
providing more extensive service to Camden and South Jersey. |
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From Keystone Telephone Co. Central Office |
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