Whitepages.in
part of a Telecom Story
starting in 1290 / 1671
Whitepages.in are edited from VB,
Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon / Cremerie de Paris
a Telecom Hotspot full of history and fairytales.


1290 Omodeo Tasso starts a courrier service from Cornello, Italian Alps.
1370 VB becomes the home of the Villeroys, advisors of the Bourbons, the Kings of France.
1646 VB childhood place for Louis XIV.
1671 VB seat of the Royal French Post,

1700s Louis Leon Pajot and Anselm Franz Thurn & Taxis (logo)
exchange Mail with their Post Horses.

Carrying a letter from India to Paris was very complicated
involving many Post Camels and Posthorses
using the silk road or walking along the coast of Africa.

Post Roads from VB in Paris to India in 1730.
At the end the 300 years journey from Postmasters to Whitepages

Louis XIV loves the efficiency of "La Poste VB".
1738 King Louis XV wants the revenues
and takes La Poste away from VB.

End of a Story
VB Telecom spirit falls asleep.


1867 Prussia nationalizes the Taxis Post.
1869 Cremerie de Paris reopens as a Milk Store.
1876 Alexander Bell invents the Phone creating a need for Phone Directories.
1881 Bell travels to Paris and visits VB.
1887 Construction of the Eiffel Tower,
"White Pages" and "Yellow Pages"
start to be used in France and in the US.

1920 Coco Chanel visits VB with Dmirti Romanov.
1921 Aimee de Heeren meets Alexander Bell.
1938 Aimee sent to Paris
as a WW2 Secret Service agent.
Coco Chanel shows her Cremerie de Paris / VB.
Joe Kennedy Jr helps her - they fall in Love.