First ever phone (I was a young kid): Our "number" was two shorts and a long. Yep, you held down the hook, cranked the handle and told the operator who you wanted to talk to. If they said us, she would crank out the 2-S and 1-L "number." Goodrich, Michigan
The first real phone number that other people could dial to get us was CEdar 57548. Burton Township, Michigan. It was a party line so yes, you could pick up the phone and listen to others talking on the line since we shared it with a couple of other families on our street.
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