In article snipped-for-privacy@telecom-digest.org, Steven Lichter at snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net wrote on 4/18/06 17:18:
In article snipped-for-privacy@telecom-digest.org, Stephen Greenfield at
> snipped-for-privacy@Screenplay.com wrote on 4/17/06 23:39:
>> Dear Patrick,
>> I've been trying to research the date a particular sign was posted on
>> my property in Glendale, California. When I saw that it had the
>> company's name (Pacific Fence Co.) and a very old 2L-4N phone
>> number ( Hillside 8141 ), I grew to wonder when Los Angeles would have
>> made the transition to 2L-5N, because I could probably figure the sign
>> predates that time.
>> My property was built in 1926. I'm guessing that Los Angeles switched
>> over sometime after WWII and before 1949, but I can't get a better fix
>> on that. Any chance you know where to look?
>> (I've been scanning old postings and digests, but haven't found anything
>> definitive)/
>> Best Regards,
>> Stephen Greenfield
>> snipped-for-privacy@screenplay.com
>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Perhaps some of our older readers who
>> have been around Los Angeles for a half-century or so, or older
>> readers who lived there in the 1940-60 era will be able to answer >> this. PAT]
> Having lived in the San Fernando Valley through 1972, I remember having our
> number changed from DImond XXXX to DImond1-XXXX in 1958 or 59.
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Was the exchange name 'Dimond' or
> 'Diamond' (with the /a/ as the third letter)? PAT]
Sorry about that; Diamond. I also seem to remember that this was a Northridge (Shirley CO) and Reseda had DI, but it stood for something else, can't remember what though.