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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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Damn that is terrible news. 
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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
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Huge loss. Things like this can never be replaced.
Retired phone dude
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"Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"
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Wow! What a terrible loss. I would be devastated losing a collection like that.
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Oh, that makes me so sad.
Dylan. SATUBAW (Some American techs use BIX as well)!
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On their home web page it says they want to rebuild and reopen the musuem
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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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