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From: IZZYAS1@oac.ucla.edu (Andy Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: Whatever Happened to the Telephone Pioneers?
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Date: 23 Oct 90 03:49:00 GMT
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The TPA (Telephone Pioneers of America) runs an excellent museum in
San Francisco (140 New Montgomery St., Pac*Bell's head office, and a
beautiful old building at that). They have a lot of historical
displays, old switchboards, an SxS demo, old and new phones, cable
dammage, lots of stuff on Alexander G. Bell, and Mabel, and a gift
shop where you can buy lots of Pac*Bell _and_ AT&T trinkets.  The
museum is staffed by several knowlegeable retired engineers, who keep
the exibits in good shape, and love to talk trivia. It is quite
something to hear them whistfully expound on the virtues of the old
Bell System, and tell Judge Greene jokes. Highly recommended.