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When customers complained that they "couldn't be
heard by others", it was often the result of a
clogged
transmitter cap. That fact caused this deskset to
be nicknamed the "Snuffcatcher". Mounted behind
the "Snuffcatcher" are all the tools required to
work
on the reciever assembly alone. |
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Any telephone man or woman will appreciate
the incredible collection of tools and construction
gear that has been donated to the museum. You will
learn the functions of "drift plugs", branding irons
and spinning "Jennys." |
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Early mobile radio phones like this precluded
today's cellular technology. Weighing
in at 50lbs.
this model was still a little a difficult to carry
in
a purse! |
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Annelle Elliott demonstrates one of the
switchboards used by answering services, an
enterprising business that required a substantial
equipment investment. |
