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General Electric Touch ‘n Curl II Misting Iron

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This General Electric ‘Touch ‘n Curl II’ Curling Iron has a misting option, a dial to choose ‘Wave Comb Range’ & lights up to indicate when curl is in process & curl is complete.  The gorgeous orange color screams Vintage 1970s Americana.

Here’s a pic from the original box —>>> TouchNCurlIIbox

—>>> and here’s a link to an ad from Summer of 1976 with the iron selling for $14.94 —>>> http://news.nnyln.net/potsdam-courier-freeman/potsdam-courier-freeman-1976-september-1977-september/potsdam-courier-freeman-1976-september-1977-september%20-%200017.pdf

Orange AT&T Rotary Dial Wall Phone

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This awesome AT&T Trimline Phone is Burnt Orange, has a Rotary Dial & is ready to hang onto a wall outfitted with a wall plate & jack.

The Trimline phone was introduced in 1965 with rotary dials.  In 1966 touchtone capabilities were also offered.

According to the Trimline Wikipedia page:

In 1983 ‘AT&T begins selling phones, including the Trimline, to the public (as opposed to their previous leasing only policy).’

In 1984 ‘AT&T is divested of its regional operating companies and is prohibited from using the Bell name or logo, so the American Bell brand is dropped and replaced with simply AT&T.’

In 1985 ‘the rotary Trimline is discontinued…’

Because this particular phone has the AT&T logo that they began using in 1983 & has a rotary dial, I believe that even though it may have been produced in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, it was likely purchased between 1983 & 1985.

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AT&Tlogo AT&T logo from 1983 – 1996.