Antique Telephones in Japan

What's New? (Updated: Sep 16 1996)

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Beautiful Telephones(photo reference) (Updated: Aug 10 1996)

This photo reference includes No.2, No.3 and No.4 Japanese telephones.

...old dialing noise... bell ringing... metalic shine... beautiful Bakelite curves... with flavor of machine oils.

Please enjoy those old beauties. [See photos]

(The sounds of dial and bells are recorded using a No.2 wall phone. Dialing noise is made by dialing "5".)

FAQ(Sorry, not translated into English.)

Antique Telephone Collector's News

I am publishing the "Antique Telephone Collector's News", a free paper for collectors in Japan. (Sorry, it's written in Japanese only.)

(Sorry, not translated into English.)

Links to other sites (Updated: Mar 13 1997)

• JAPAN
  NTT and other organizations and companies
  • NTT DIGITAL MUSEUM(A Chronology of Telegraph and Telephony)

  • NTT Tokai(History of public telephones)

  • NTT Kansai INS Plaza(History of telephones)

  • NTT Moji Telecommunication retro-building

  • Telephones in NTT Moji Telecommunication retro-building

  • NTT Kurashiki(Introduction to new public phone booths)

  • NTT Odawara(Public phone booths)

  • NTT Kanazawa(Inside NTT)

  • MUSEUM MEIJI-MURA(Telephone Exchange, Sapporo)

  • Emergency telephone backup car(Shizuoka pref.)

  Individuals
  • Collector Yamada's Home Page(Telephones and other collections)

  • Dagaya's Telephone Room(Photos of PHS antennas, etc)

• USA
  Collectors Associations
  • Antique Telephone Collectors Association(Great site!)

  • Telephone Collectors International

  Museums
  • Museum of Independent Telephony(Abilene, KS)

  • THE TELEPHONE PIONEER MUSEUM(NY)

  • Photos of The Telephone Pioneer Museum

  • Information Age: People, Information & Technology(Smithsonian museum)

  • Old Telephone Office - Jonesborough East Gallery

  Organizations and companies
  • Telecommunications Sites(Links to telecom company)

  • A Brief History of AT&T

  • DLD 66-1 - TELEPHONE PIONEERS OFFER LIMITED EDITION REPLICA

  • phone gallery(TTM Inc.'s photo gallery)

  Shops
  • Roy's Phones n Things(Telephone shop)

  • Chicago Old Telephone Co.(Telephone shop)

  • TELEPHONE HISTORY(Telephone expert in Chicago)

  • Antique Phonetastic(Telephones for Sale)

  Individuals
  • Telephone History by Chuck Eby(Great site!)

  • Bill's Phones(Beautiful photos!)

  • Old Time Telephones! Technology, Restoration and Repair by Ralph O. Meyer

  • Vintage Telephone Page(Beautiful photos with FAQ lists!)

  Glass Insulators and Telegraph Keys
  • Glass Insulators Home Page

  • Telegraph Key References

• CANADA
  • Northern Telephone History(Histrical photos)

• UK
  • Tony Fisher's Telephone Page(Telecom Links)

  • British Heritage Telephones(British Red Kiosks)

  • Want to Re-wire Your Old Telephone?

• AUSTRALIA
  • Telegram and Telegram-Form Collecting

• DENMARK
  • The Telephone Museum

• SWEDEN
  • Sweden Telecommunications museum(Histrical photos)

• NORWAY
  • Norsk Telemuseum(Histrical photos)

• FINLAND
  • Telecommunications(Tomi Engdahl's Telecom Links)

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(All telephones shown here are my private collections.)

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