Young Bobby Pickens posed for the photo accompanying this article around 1930 and it was selected for an advertising campaign for Southern California Telephone Co. Bobby Pickens was the son of Paul Pickens, who worked for that phone company for 30 years and is famous in his family for surviving several well-known disasters. So Paul Pickens dressed his young son Bobby in coveralls, placed an oversized cap on his head, handed him a then-modern telephone and tucked a coil of wire over his shoulder. John Pickens recalled that his father, Bobby Pickens, owner of Rose-Glen Gift and Card Shop, put together a special display in his store window in August, 1957. Local Criminal Defense Attorney | Los Angeles Criminal Lawyer | Los Angeles Criminal Attorney | Orange County Criminal Attorney | Orange County DUI Attorney | Orange County Criminal Lawyer | California Medical Malpractice Attorney www. read more

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