Clayton’s Taxi, now Studio 11, on South Jefferson Street lists their phone

number in the early 60’s.

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This taxi & bus service on North Main Street

advertises their phone number back in the 50’s

and 60’s, when the numbers were only four

digits.

Another taxi service on South Jefferson Street in the 1940’s, with the three-digit phone number: 595

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This gas station’s number is obscured in the photo by a pump, but the word phone is still visible. This is the corner of Randolph and Nelson, the current location of H&J Tire.

c.1932