<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It might be an intercom to talk to the person outside. I do recall seeing those historically. Though, it doesn't fit visually with what I recall from houses in the 70's. It seems to high on the wall for anything to control lighting. Another possibility is that it is the doorbell.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-Joe<br></div><br clear="none">> On the old TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show there's a large black knob/disk on a wall plate next to the front door. It's in most, but not all episodes and the intro.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Any idea what that was?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> --<br clear="none">> Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.<br clear="none"><div class="ydpcdfafbfcyqt3559148959" id="ydpcdfafbfcyqtfd88428"><br clear="none">____________________________________________________________<br clear="none">For list information see <<a shape="rect" href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br clear="none">Stagecraft mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"></div></div><div id="ydpcdfafbfcyahoo_quoted_5997646745" class="ydpcdfafbfcyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div></div>
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