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A British Telecom employee holds the first ever London telephone directory for 1880 at British Telecom archives, central London, which included no telephone numbers - the caller dialed the operator and asked
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England, London, South Kensington, Science Museum, Display of An American National Telephone Directory for The American Telephone and Telegraph Compan Stock Photo - Alamy
![London telephone directory torn in half by the strong woman, Joan Rhodes | V&A Explore The Collections London telephone directory torn in half by the strong woman, Joan Rhodes | V&A Explore The Collections](https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MM5442/full/735,/0/default.jpg)