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  • Yellow Pages
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  • The Yellow Pages is a telephone directory of businesses, printed on yellow paper to distinguish it from the non-commercial listings printed on white paper. The concept began in 1883 in Wyoming when yellow paper was substituted for white when a printer ran out. The first official directory was published in 1886, and it is now used globally.
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  • The Yellow Pages is a telephone directory of businesses, printed on yellow paper to distinguish it from the non-commercial listings printed on white paper. The concept began in 1883 in Wyoming when yellow paper was substituted for white when a printer ran out. The first official directory was published in 1886, and it is now used globally.