Butterfield 8 represents the opening 3 digits of a telephone exchange that
would now be rendered 288. As late as the 1960s, exchanges were designated
with what might be thought of as prefixes that distinguished the locale in
which the telephone was located. The Butterfield exchange represented a ritzy
locale.


Professor T. J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D.
Department of History           College of Law
Arizona State University        Arizona State University
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Tempe   AZ  85287-2501          Tempe   AZ 85287-7906
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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:43:11 -0500 (EST)
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Reply-To: "A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State

     history." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: upstate ny films
>
> Here's a New York trivia question (inspired by the movie list) for the list;
> All of us know the movie >Butterfield 8<.  What is the significance of
> "Butterfield 8"?  Where does that term come from?
>
> Jim Maguire
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>