Presidential Phone: It wasn't until Herbert Hoover was
president that a phone was placed on the president's desk (from our
Timeline).
Floods: Early in the 1920s, a disastrous flood struck
Visit: Our Denver and Seattle museums, the
The Special Exhibits section (or area, or wing) of the Virtual Museum is a changing focus on some of the exhibits and collections of our
partner museums. Currently we're featuring the
history of telecommunications in Colorado, an exhibit also featured at the Denver Public Library. Another exhibit features
The Museum of Communications in Seattle. Another exhibit tours the
historical Mountain States headquarters building in Denver, CO, and another features the
Allen True murals therein. Finally, we have an exhibit honoring
H.B. Santee, the Western Electric engineer who worked on and accompanied the first public address system on its trip across the U.S. in the service of President Warren G. Harding. This last collection is brought to the Virtual Museum courtesy of the
Telecommunications History Group.
Current Exhibits:
Future Exhibits (potential):
- Toys
- "Golden Boy"
- "Odd Jobs" (strange jobs in the telephone company, like itinerate lineman, mule skinner, providing service at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, etc.)
- insulators
- scrapbooks
- postcards
- telephone bells
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