How Much Does Local Search Weigh?

For San Francisco in 1953, it was about 9 lbs. Recent acquisition to the UMI rare book collection includes this gem. Over 2200 pages of goodness that is chock full of advertising–on the spine, front cover, back cover, margins, every which way…makes today’s YP products pale in comparison.

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One Response to “How Much Does Local Search Weigh?”

  1. Old Phone Books « Screenwerk Says:

    [...] Best of all it has a detective/private eye ad on the lower part of the front cover. CEO Ian White blogs about [...]