Vintage mail box, with a sticker from the era when zip codes were a novelty requiring constant reminders to the public. It’s also a perfect reminder of the English tendency to turn nouns, even new ones, into verbs: Zip Code Your Mail! #mail #postoffice #antiques
Have $1,100 to spare? Buy this phone booth (looking at you, Superman!)
An antique shop in the Westchester County town of Pound Ridge got its hands on a beautiful old metal-and-glass phone booth, the walk-in variety that offered shelter from the elements and a measure of privacy to conduct your telephonic business. Oh, and if Clark Kent were spending his Saturday antiquing in Pound Ridge, he could pop into this booth real quick and morph into Superman.
This specimen is in pretty nice shape, and comes complete with the requisite phone directory holder. An extra is the sticker reminding you to call 911 in an emergency, a leftover from a time when the service was still a novelty.
However, it’s absent an actual pay phone. That’s not a big deterrent to purchase, I figure, but the asking price — $1,100 — could use some bargaining down.
Text and photos: Rolando Pujol
