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Quite soon nobody will know what a pay phone was, nor how to use it properly, nor public etiquette around phone booth use. Public pay phones began to disappear in the 1980's, and with that disappearance went the frustration of searching for change when needed, and then often failing to even find a working phone booth. As for me, I say, “goodbye forever” to pay phones and “hello, my friend” to cell phones, Here are my reasons why.   When I started my business back in the 1960's, I decided to sell my college gifts to the best stores I...

Xavier University is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Basque Jesuit priest, and the university is managed by the Catholic Society of Jesuits who were renown for providing an in-depth education. We are looking at a paperweight from the history vault of Eglomise Designs, and some of these pieces are more than 50 years old. Although we cannot guarantee that we currently carry the product shown, we hope that you enjoy being side-tracked down memory lane. Perhaps you will share some of your own old pictures of Eglomise Designs products. If you wish, please send an image to: info@eglomisedesigns.com...