Hello all!
Hello all! We hope you’ve been having a wonderful week. We’ve been busy preparing for tomorrow night’s event.
(Not) Your Parents’ Board Games Night
Tomorrow, from 5pm-7pm in the ATC Lobby, we will be co-hosting Not Your Parents’ Board Games Night with the Games & Media Library! Stop by the ATC building and explore these vintage board games with us, and bring your own if you have one. We hope to see you there!
Object of the Week
Our object of the week is the Rotary Dial Phone!
Dead, but not forgotten. If you are under the age of 40 you have likely seen this kind of telephone through re-airs of old cartoons, such as Tom & Jerry or the Looney Tunes. If not, you likely remember using one! The beautiful red phone pictured is one currently on display inside our ATC lab, so if you would like to try dialing one in-person, come and visit us during our open hours!
You can check out this short silent film from 1927 for a guide on how to use a rotary dial phone, or this website from 2004 by William Lee Roberts if you want to see a visual history of the evolution of old rotary telephones.
Lab Hours and Room Number
We are located in ATC 1.705, right next to ATC’s welcome center. Our open lab hours are:
Monday: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Tuesday: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Thursday: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Thank you for reading our newsletter! We hope to see you soon and wish you a stress-free week.
Sincerely,
The Media Archeology Lab
The University of Texas at Dallas
