Old phone exchange: Digby 4-8260

This 1950s-era Traveller’s Luggage discount card fell out of a recently purchased used book. The Digby exchange covered lower Broadway down by Bowling Green, where Traveller’s headquarters were.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So why was the local phone exchange named Digby? It comes from Digby’s Bar, which used to be located at One Broadway.

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