I moved into a house built in the 1950s in the north eastern US and this outlet is on the back of the house but I can't find anything like it searching online. If anyone knows what it is I'd greatly appreciate the enlightenment!

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[–] 25 points 2 days ago (1 child)

That, my friend, is an outdoor phone outlet. I have never seen something like that before. It used to be that instead of having a little plug, it would have a big plug, and all four connectors would be spaced out like that. That is for a phone.

The cool thing here is back then that must have been swanky as fuck. Nobody had phones on the outside of the house!

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