About
Welcome to Telephonearchive.com... hope you enjoy it.
I built this site in 2006 and 2007 and it ran unchanged without me touching it for nineteen years. I'm working on it again now, in 2026.
I got into phones because they're a great overlap of three things I like: design, technology and history. If you're interested in learning more, I highly recommend checking out Telephone Collectors International, a great organization.
I want to thank all the collectors who helped me in 2006-7 and contributed photos, documents and advice to the site. Here's the list, and a big lighter salute to all of you:
Tom Adams, Bob Alexander, John Andrews, Walt Aydelotte, Rob Baxter, Alex Bell, Ell Bennett, Bruce Bianchi, Terry Biddlecombe, Pete Blanshard, Bud Breslin, Dick Capon, Keith Cheshire, Roger Conklin, Russ Cowell, Mike DeGeer, Dick Erickson, Frank Franowsky, Hal Galvin, Ed Gerson, Gary Goff, Scott Greyerbiehl, Dave Gruger, Dennis Hallworth, Hugh Hamilton, Tom Herwer, Steve Hilsz, Tom Iverson, John Jenkins, Ray Kotke, Dave Kuns, Albert LaFrance, Jeff Lamb, Larry Larned, Odis Levrier, Gerry Maira, David Massey, Wayne Merit, Jim Morales, Brad Morrison, Tom Mullis, Tommy Mulloy, Mike Neale, Jerry Paxton, Scotty Poling, Jim Prather, Marie Prewett, Paul Rauth, Mark Redmond, Richard Rose, Frank Ruffino, Steve Schack, Stan Schrier, John Shriver, Jonathan Sowers, Gary Stathatos, Jim Stettler, Alec Switzer, Wally Tubbs, John Tipo-Hui, Gerald Uhlan, Chuck Vasquez, Tom Vaughn, Jeremy Walters, Edward Whalen, Jerry Williams, Ekkehart Willms, Paul Wills, Larry Wolff, and Jack Worley.
Please enjoy the site. If you want to reach me, try dmargulius at the google.
Dave