This advertisement is from 1955. The text of the ad is reprinted below:

A LIGHT IN THE DARK -- More and more outdoor telephone booths are being placed at convenient locations. They are available for service 24 hours a day. They supplement the hundreds of thousands of telephone booths in buildings, stores, hotels, gas stations, airports, railroad stations and bus terminals.

Brother to the Phones at Home

No matter where you go, you are never far from a public telephone. North, south, east and west, they are conveniently located to serve you.

They are all brothers to the telephones in your home or office and connected in a nationwide family. From them you can call any one of fifty million other telephones nearby or across the country... and thirty-five million in other countries.

So the next time something comes up when you are away from your home or business--or you're thinking of someone who would like to hear your voice--just step in a convenient telephone booth and call.

You can travel far in a few minutes--save steps, time and money--and get things settled while they're fresh on your mind.

BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM

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