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1915 · 62499 — San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. August 1915. 4to. viii 207 1 96 88 2 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads and other illustrated ads. Pink-tinted printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor dustsoiling thumbing to fore-edges uniform interior toning as usual still VG bright copy w/ former telephone operator or licensee’s initials on front cover. First edition of this rare telephone directory for Portland Oregon City Salem and several other Oregon counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County on the cusp of the U.S. entering World War I. Of additional interest is the expansion to much of the most significant commercial counties in Oregon including Marion Polk Tillamook & Washington to the PT&T Telephone directory. Additionally there is a distinct drop in the telephone listings for Japanese-America and Chinese-American residents and businesses in the directory although some such as Sing Chong & Co. and Seid Back continue to appear in the white pages but not the business listings. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback