Submitted by Name: John ADRIAN From: Staten Island, New York E-mail: Contact
Comments: I'm a TCI member and have been interested in electro-mechanical switching and rotary phones since New York Telephone converted the manual exchange in my village to a crossbar switch in 1949.
A few years later my parents and I were visiting friends of theirs in Gomer, Ohio, where they had a Kellogg 1000 with a magneto. It had never occured to me that anyone beside Western Electric made telephones.
When I entered seventh grade I discovered that my high school had an AE PAX with an AE Type 50 in each classroom and Type 40s in the offices. Close to 90 lines throughout the school.
Does anyone have a source for replacement rubber base gaskets for AE type 40s or any other make and model of phone with deteriorated rubber base gaskets?
Added: July 18, 2010
Submitted by Name: Valerie Owens From: Harleysville Pennsylvania E-mail: Contact
Comments: I have for sale an original Nokia Bag Phone Model C 16. Make your best offer.
Added: July 12, 2010
Submitted by Name: Roger Smith From: Columbus, Ohio E-mail: Contact
Comments: I think that I may have a WESTERN ELECTRIC TYPE 294 FIDDLEBACK telephone. Does anyone know where can I find a picture of one?
Admin reply: There is currently a photo of this compact fiddleback as the featured phone on http://www.antiquetelephonehistory.com/
Added: July 6, 2010
Submitted by Name: Larry Shumaker From: Rocklin, Ca 95677 E-mail: Contact
Comments: I used to live in Great Bend Kansas and was an early member of the Telephone Artifacts Association. I was a member in good standing no. 16 in 1978. (Not sure when I joined)I have several old phones in my home and I collect the old telphone line glass insulators. I don't know when your Antique Telephone Collectors Association was started but am sure our old Telephone Artifacts Association must have been a part of the new association.
Added: July 1, 2010
Submitted by Name: Gary Wells From: Portland, OR E-mail: Contact
Comments: I am retiring from 40 + years in teh telcom industry. I have a large assortment of documentation, starting from 1939 editions of AT&T training manuals, thru instaqllation and repair manuals from teh 80's and 90's. Also a number of commercially published telephone history books. I also have a small amount of old equipment (phones, * * * ins, etc.) Is anyone in this organiztion interested in any of this stuff? Especially if they ar near to Portland? I could try putting it on eBay or some such, but it would take forever to post, and shipping would be a killer. I'd like to see this stuff go somewhere it was appreciated, even if I don't get top dollar.
Added: June 23, 2010
Submitted by Name: Bud Moore From: Charlotte, N C E-mail: Contact
Comments: Very nice site with alot of information. I have a few old phones and 1 Automatic Electric Pay Phone (code #LPB 86-55) which I need a key to remove it from the wall. I do not need the coin box key. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bud Moore
Added: June 22, 2010
Submitted by Name: Dr. Bruce Stafford From: Choctaw, Oklahoma E-mail: Contact
Comments: Nice site with good info aobut antique phones. Membership submitted today. Interested in hearing from local with this same addiction.
Added: June 16, 2010
Submitted by Name: Charles E Blanchard From: Aurora, Illinois E-mail: Contact
Comments: Greetings;- I am checking to see if I am still a member. I used to to have a number of 958, back in the 1980s.Either way, I am thinking of re-joining the Association. Charles E Blanchard -ceb ...
Added: June 14, 2010
Submitted by Name: Tom Hardy From: Street Md. E-mail: Contact
Comments: I have a candle stick phone with the name American Bell on the back of the mouth piece and the number 329 on the front. Does anyone know how old this phone would be,any info about it.
Added: June 7, 2010
Submitted by Name: Drew From: Illinois E-mail: Contact
Comments: I am restoring an old phone booth from the 30's. My brother and I saved it from a dumpster during a bank remodeling job in Chicago back in the 70's. Original everything. The only thing I can't find is the light fixture that hung over the shelf on the outside. It looks like a tapers mud pan hung upside down with a pull chain light inside and the little Bell Systems bell stamped on the outside Any help would really be appreciated.
Name: John ADRIAN
From: Staten Island, New York
E-mail: Contact
I'm a TCI member and have been interested in electro-mechanical switching and rotary phones since New York Telephone converted the manual exchange in my village to a crossbar switch in 1949.
A few years later my parents and I were visiting friends of theirs in Gomer, Ohio, where they had a Kellogg 1000 with a magneto. It had never occured to me that anyone beside Western Electric made telephones.
When I entered seventh grade I discovered that my high school had an AE PAX with an AE Type 50 in each classroom and Type 40s in the offices. Close to 90 lines throughout the school.
Does anyone have a source for replacement rubber base gaskets for AE type 40s or any other make and model of phone with deteriorated rubber base gaskets?