Laurel Appel

Connecticut

The New York City Phone Book.

In the 60's, it was the universal booster seat, especially for me and my brothers when we made the annual pilgrimage to visit our grandparents in Queens. Our midwestern city phonebook was barely an inch thick. Grandma and grandpa's big phone book showed the size but also the ethnic diversity (by name listings) of The City, back when we were all on the same phone system, (with phones that were attached to walls but NEVER BROKE OR WORE OUT).