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My son and I's Telephone collection

Started by c64man, April 06, 2014, 12:14:53 PM

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c64man

Thought id share a pic of my son and I's telephone collection.  He made out real well at the show.   Not pictured is the components to his step switch and his payphone.   He has some really neat stuff including a phone from denmark and a french phone. 


WesternElectricBen


Matilo Telephones

Great collection. Specially like that green Jacob Jensen telephone, on the right!
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones

GeneGenie

Quote from: Matilo Telephones on April 06, 2014, 05:24:56 PM
Great collection. Specially like that green Jacob Jensen telephone, on the right!
I thought the green one on the bottom right was Kirk phone? Although I only saw one like this in white.

GeneGenie

Ah, I have read up on it. I see what you mean, it was designed by Jensen :)

Russ Kirk

Quote from: GeneGenie on April 07, 2014, 09:23:45 AM
Quote from: Matilo Telephones on April 06, 2014, 05:24:56 PM
Great collection. Specially like that green Jacob Jensen telephone, on the right!
I thought the green one on the bottom right was Kirk phone? Although I only saw one like this in white.

Kirk phone ?

Now that has my interest.  Would live to see more info on a Kirk phone and maybe some closer photos.

- Russ Kirk
ATCA & TCI

paul-f

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Russ,

The Kirk phone made this (questionable) People Magazine list a few weeks ago.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20794827,00.html
Visit: paul-f.com         WE  500  Design_Line

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Matilo Telephones

Russ, not only this phone was called Kirk, it was also made by a company called Kirk.

From the Danish wikipedia, through googl translate:

KIRK telecom A / S is a Danish company, which today is part of the U.S. company Polycom. [1] The name KIRK used still for some product categories. [2] The company was originally founded in Horsens in 1892 as Emil Moller Phone Factory. [ 3] The company still has its registered office in Horsens on Langmarksvej 34 [4] The company, through its company created a large number of phones that were common in Denmark in the latter half of the 20th century.

The company had in 1950 address Madevej 41, Horsens, Fredensgade 17, Aarhus and Nikolaj Plads 25, Copenhagen.

History
Manufacturer Emil Moller founded his company in Horsens in 1892. 6 June 1917 amalgamated it with the company Niels Geertsens electromechanical Factory (founded in 1906) in Aarhus and became a public limited company under the name Emil Moller Telephone factories A / S. The share capital was DKK 1,200,000

Miller was director until 1923, but remained until his death in 1925 as chairman of the board. 1923 engineer Kristian Kirk, CEO of factories and 1926, also Chairman of the Board. In 1935 he died and was succeeded by his brother. In 1940, Kristian Kirk's son Gregers Kirk, CEO and chairman, which he occupied until his untimely death 1967. During Gregers Kirk's leadership grew the plant to a large group.

1944 was a branch factories in Copenhagen. In addition to the phones included Kirk Group manufacture of electronic equipment, machinery and fishmeal and trade of photographic equipment, paper, books and toys. After heavy losses in an office in Glostrup, Haka-Kirk Breads, entered the group in 1970 in liquidation. [5]

In 2005 sold the then director Peter Skov Kirk Telecom to the U.S. company Spectralink and the company changed its name in 2006 to KIRK telecom A / S, a SpectraLink Company.

In 2007, Spectralink acquired by Polycom for the sum of $ 220 million which the company changed its name to KIRK ApS - now part of Polycom later, the name changed to Polycom (Denmark) ApS,

In 2012 sold Polycom, their wireless division (Old Spectralink and Kirk Telecom) to investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc a sum of $ 111 million, The Old Kirk Telecom was to Spectralink Ltd. December 2012

The company has over the years undergone a number of name changes, including Kristian Kirk Telephone factories (March 1937), Standard Electric Kirk A / S (1976), Alcatel Kirk A / S (1987) KIRK telecom A% 2
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones

GeneGenie

One I'd love to have it the Kirk Plus! Doesn't it look awesome?

Matilo Telephones

Yes, I like that one too! There is a red PTT version too. I have had one in my hands a while back. Only a couple of euros. But the triangle was missing.

It is very light, by the way.

Kirk has a knack of making phones that are that bit unusual. I like that.
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones

twocvbloke


Matilo Telephones

Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones

twocvbloke

I've been tempted to buy a couple myself, but I wouldn't know where to use them... ;D

Matilo Telephones

I liked the grey one. It really brings out the red triangle nicely.

But I'm holding out for a PTT-one. Besides that, I almost out of pocket money and next weekend we are going to a big collectors fair.
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones