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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
A number of Los Angeles city directories are available online at the LAPL--25 or so from 1909 to 1987--but, unfortunately, none have a reverse-lookup section for telephone numbers. In fact, the ones from 1909 to 1942 don't list phone numbers at all, only addresses. The first directory available online after 1942--the 1956 issue--is organized by address and has phone numbers, but still has no way to look up by phone number.
As for GLadstone, I think this might have been a Malibu exchange.
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Thanks for your explanation as well Gaylord_Wilshire.
I'm curious, do you some information on the Malibu exchange? The only connection I could come up with was 'Gladstones 4 Fish'.
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I was at a birthday party at Gladstones once. It was fine party except our honored guest didn't show up (turns out he hated birthdays).
The place (it was week night) was empty except for Burgess Meredith eating this enormous baked potato. So whenever I hear 'Gladstones'
I picture Burgess Meredith eating that damn potato. It's odd what our brains chose to remember.
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below: This is an interesting brochure. Note the addresses and phone exchanges.
ebay
below: Telephone exchanges from 'This Gun for Hire', 1942.
paramount
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