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Museum of Communications
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The second floor of the Museum of
Communications houses old telephones of all sorts. The following is a
picture gallery of the second floor. <- Go back to Second Floor - Page 1
An old cord board from Seattle. Notice the rate card on the bottom. It lists long distance rates to all ratecenters in Washington State and to large cities in adjacent states.
A cord board terminal, with flip-style rate charts off to the left, and multi-frequency keys to access the long-haul network.
A British telephone booth, with a
British payphone of the period. Supposedly getting this phone booth
over to the museum was very difficult (flown in from England) and took
some very dedicated people to get it there.
A Western Electric 755 PBX. You can make calls from one phone to another via the PBX.
Here’s a modern style phone booth, with a rotary-style Western Electric fortress pay phone. The phone does work and is connected to the #5XB.
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More
old telephones, including the multi-colored Western Electric 302 sets.
An
"Introducing TSPS” (Traffic Station Position System) manual, instructing
operators how to interface with the (then) new cordless operator
system. TSPS was a revolutionary invention because all operator
functions (such as call handling and billing) were computerized.
A
TSPS cutover notice for Seattle area operators. The sign says that
TSPS was to be phased in over the course of 1971 and 1972 in the
Seattle region.
Again
from “You’ll never know what you’ll find” department. A clock that
pays homage to TSPS, showing time in binary code.
Yet
another three-slot pay phone, this time with separate mouthpiece and
earpieces.
I
think this phone is beyond repair, and the trouble ticket shows this
to be the case. It is assumed that this phone melted in a fire.
Here
is a Trimline phone that's on steroids! This phone
was made for the 1962 World’s Fair that was held in Seattle. The phone
actually does work, and was connected to the #5XB. Step on the pedal
next to the phone, the phone lights up and you hear a very loud dial
tone. Pushing the buttons creates loud DTMF tones and calls can be
completed, if you really are inclined to do so.
