C&P Telephone commercial - 1970's - Bell Telephone

Description: C&P Telephone commercial - 1970's - Bell Telephone

From a 16mm print

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"The next best thing to being there" is the tag line. This has the post-1969 Bell System logo.

This commercial comes from West Virginia so this is actually C&P Telephone of West Virginia.

More C&P commercials to come.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, was a d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC)
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia

One company is owned by Frontier Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G20wU7yQoMc

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