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JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire #592812 09/12/15 05:13 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York Arthur P. Bloom OP Member
OP Arthur P. Bloom Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,290 Shelter Island, New York	A tremendous and irreplaceable collection of all things telephonic has been totally destroyed by a fire in California. The museum was the home to a collection of phones, phone-related items and key and switching equipment dating from the dawn of telephony to the present, numbering in the tens of thousands, including tons of rare paperwork, and several one-of-a-kind Bell Labs prototypes for subscriber equipment. C L I C K Arthur P. Bloom "30 years of faithful service...15 years on hold"

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Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #592813 09/12/15 05:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,159 Likes: 16 SOUTH TEXAS RATHER BE FISHING Admin
RATHER BE FISHING Admin Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,159 Likes: 16 SOUTH TEXAS	Damn that is terrible news.

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #592816 09/12/15 07:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,166 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,166 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	I don't own any museum quality items, but, I could donate my two Western Electric protectors (one is the two-piece porcelain with tubular fuses). I Love FEATURE 00

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #592830 09/13/15 09:55 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,722 Likes: 18 Western Nebraska justbill Member
justbill Member Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,722 Likes: 18 Western Nebraska	Huge loss. Things like this can never be replaced. Retired phone dude

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #592833 09/13/15 11:47 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling
Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,058 Likes: 5 NYC	Sad news, Arthur. Sam "Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #592903 09/15/15 03:54 PM
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BWC Member Joined: May 2013 Posts: 11 Central Maryland	Wow! What a terrible loss. I would be devastated losing a collection like that.

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #593370 09/29/15 01:19 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 299 Waupun, WI SwedaGuy Member
SwedaGuy Member Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 299 Waupun, WI	Oh, that makes me so sad. Dylan. SATUBAW (Some American techs use BIX as well)!

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #593394 09/29/15 10:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 423 Manitoba Canada mbhydro Member
mbhydro Member Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 423 Manitoba Canada	On their home web page it says they want to rebuild and reopen the musuem

Re: JKL Museum of Telephony Destroyed in Fire Arthur P. Bloom #593434 09/30/15 08:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 664 Central Maine hawk82 Member
hawk82 Member Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 664 Central Maine	The museum that I am a member of is investigating donating duplicate items to JKL to help them get back on their feet.

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