Museum of Communications

[onanparts]

This is the actual panel that routed the calls in my neighborhood when I was growing up. And it's fully functional!

[onanparts]

Old school morse code trainer.

[onanparts]

First "cordless phone" used at the 1962 Seattle worlds fair. Since the restaurant revolved at the top of the Space Needle they needed a way for the VIP's to communicate important calls. This cordless phone was developed on the fly and worked perfectly. The rest is history.

[onanparts]

Kool Voltmeter. 

[onanparts]

PBX test instrument.

[onanparts]

Swedish phone patented 1897.

[onanparts]

I have one of these. Now if I could just get a dang dial tone!

[onanparts]

Vintage Whitehouse switchboard.

[onanparts]

Beyond shop repair? Ya think!

[onanparts]

Early "extension phone" ?

[onanparts]

Early audio spectrum analyzer

[onanparts]

Should not take too long to find the bad connection.....

[TomW]

Should not take too long to find the bad connection.....

Looks a lot like my network and RE wiring. Only neater and better labelling. 

Tom

[boB]

I've been going to that museum for over 10+ years now !

What a great place !

boB

[phonetic]

As a trainee 34 years ago recalled going to a Strowger exchange last one still operating in AU at the time.
In AU we had Strowger, 2000 type, SE50 (step by step) Ericsson Crossbar and today Ericsson & Alcatel digital..with network going to VoIP.
I still get the geebies thinking of terminating 100 pair tag MDF frames
The young folk have it too easy