I am a New Member to your Forum - Doug Rose AKA Kidphone

[LarryInMichigan]

Gee, and I thought I was addicted .  Kidphone, who does the dusting in your house?

Larry

[Jester]

Very nice, Kidphone!  Those many colored 302s are the stuff dreams are made of!  Welcome!!

[Dennis Markham]

There aren't many words to describe that collection!  Amazing!

That first photo would make a great jig-saw puzzle.  Real tiny puzzle pieces.  But then again, I guess they all would. 

I'd be like a kid in a candy store looking at all those in person.  Where would one begin?  Among other phones, I really like your red, pink and blue Continentals.

Wow.  Thanks for posting those!

~Dennis

[Jim Stettler]

My name is Doug Rose and I am a new member of your forum, but not a new collector. ......Doug   aka "Kidphone"

Hi Doug,
I am glad you found the forum, It is a lot funner than the list servers have been (lately).
You have a great collection.
Your collection is a prime example of what happens once the telephone collecting infection takes hold.

I have been fortunate enough that I have been only mildly infected.
Jim S.


Jim Stettler
TCI/ATCA #1556
classicrotaryphones.com

[ntophones]

Wowee!!!!!!

[stub]

 Kidphone,  
               Welcome , very impressive collection !!!!!!!!! That's what I hope mine will look like in 30 yrs.          stub1953

[Dan/Panther]

WOW KID phone says it all....
I'm partial to 302's, boy you took the wind out of my sails with your 302 collection.
I would like to say I hope my collection looks like yours in 30 years, It might, I'll only be 90.
D/P

[JorgeAmely]

Doug:

Welcome to the forum. Are the tours of your collection during weekends only?
Outstanding, and very well organized. 

[AET]

Wow, that is one extensive collection!  It's really something to give us newbies hope.  Something to aspire to.

[dsk]

What a great collection!
And the first picture included this:

The only I recognized as Norwegian. Not the nicest, but ....one of those from Norway.
Strange but recognizing something familiar gives a special feeling.

Most impressed of the payphones.

Regards
dsk

[Dewdrop]

Kidphone,

A BIG Welcome to a BIG, BIG, BIG, phone collector. Your phone room is like a phone wonderland. I'm one of the newest members here. The folks (very knowledgeable) here helped me get my black WE 302 up and going. I noticed you have what looks like a gray Connecticut to the left of the TV. I was given one a few weeks ago. Yours is the third one I've ever seen. Your collection is totally awesome.

Debbie

[finlover]

HOLY MOLY--what a treasure trove!!!  It's a privilege to have you aboard, Sir!

[Doug Rose]

It is certainly a great feeling to see the enthusiasm that all of you have for Telephones. In the other clubs that I am in, vintage telephones seem to have taken a back seat , which is why I reached out to you. I enjoy this hobby very much. There is still no better feeling than getting a beat up piece of history and restoring it to its past glory. When I give one for a gift, people are amazed that it still works! And that RING!!   ....thanks again.....Kidphone

[McHeath]

Geepers, what an amazing collection!  I see you have a clear 302, what's the story on that?  And welcome to the forum.

[Doug Rose]

Kidphone,

A BIG Welcome to a BIG, BIG, BIG, phone collector. Your phone room is like a phone wonderland. I'm one of the newest members here. The folks (very knowledgeable) here helped me get my black WE 302 up and going. I noticed you have what looks like a gray Connecticut to the left of the TV. I was given one a few weeks ago. Yours is the third one I've ever seen. Your collection is totally awesome.

Debbie

Thanks Debbie....A appreciate your comments. As you see from my room, I am rather partial to the 302s....thanks....Kidphone