I own and have wired-in a number of 1930s and 1940s telephones (pulse dial still works in the UK). They are little more than ornaments now but they work. One o

I own and have wired-in a number of 1930s and 1940s telephones (pulse dial still works in the UK). They are little more than ornaments now but they work. One of them contains a mini 1960s hyper-local directory of exchanges (names and numbers) on a pull-out tray. You would lookup the exchange name, dial that, followed by the handful of digits required to reach the subscriber.