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Michael Young's avatar

My Father who worked on the original Bellboy paging receiver at Bell Labs in North Andover, MA, gave a prototype to me before he passed away at age 104. I have a photo of it but cannot download it to this text message. I would like it to find a good home, preferably in an appropriate museum collection.

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Retroist's avatar

I am sure a few museums are out there who would appreciate it. It would fit in nicely with the stuff they have at the Connections Museum which specializes in telecommunication history.

https://www.telcomhistory.org

I would love to see a photo of it, just to see it. If you wanted to send, I am at retroist@retroist.com

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Michael Young's avatar

At your suggestion, I sent an inquiry to the Seattle location figuring that they might have some knowledge of the rollout of the Bellboy II at the Seattle World's Fair in 1963

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Retroist's avatar

I hope something happens, I would love to see it on display someday.

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J.Q. Graziano's avatar

Cool article (especially the Leonard Nimoy pager commercial!) 🖖

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Metagrrrl's avatar

It's great to get a Bellboy beep from the office while I'm sailing around Cincinnati, but where do I find a payphone on the Ohio River?

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