Awkward and dehumanizing automated phone systems push callers’ buttonsMilford Prewitt Calling a company and reaching a human operator-receptionist these days is about as rare as hitting the Mega ...

By 1964 when the last of the baby boomers were born, the phone company introduced more convenient push button style phones in different colors and models. Through the 1960s local telephone calls were ...

Other displays include pay phones, the first push-button phone, switchboards and early smartphones.