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It's in a yard down the street. Always wondered. Finally saw the lady who lived there when she was getting her mail and asked her. "I have no idea." Must be a renter. What is it? ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/DxVzKyO.jpg)
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An old, out of service, callbox. Probably requires a key to open that's long lost.
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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"Antique Iron fire department callbox." ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/00/d8/01/00d801f7451f84ec4b66e7ac35acf66e.jpg)
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That would be my guess too.
Just looked up images of "old fashioned fire alarm box".
Sure looks like it.
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That’s what I was thinking.
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Yep. They had similar all over Boston through the 70s maybe early 80s. Cops had them too, but their boxes were blue.
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Damn. I told my fiance that this was the best place to find out. You all came through with an amazingly-fast high level of knowledge. Many thanks.
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My first reaction was "old fire alarm box". Looks as though I was probably correct. It's reassuring to know my brains memory banks are still somewhat functioning. Even though I can't seem to recall a lot of other stuff these days.
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As the smart men before me have stated it’s an old fire call box.
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Yep. Remember them as kids, before 911.
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My Dad carried a key for one of those boxes for many years until he retired.
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Ours weren’t locked. Pull the door open and yank down on the trigger.
Remember very few false alarms. Different times.
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