[GreenKeys] Over the top collecting

[David Burns]

That eBay Picturephone was probably assembled by hand at Bell Labs. 
Western Electric never set-up a production line for that unit.

I was at the 1965 World's Fair in NY as a child, and I remember the 
booth for the Picturephone.  I remember seeing a display model (not in 
operation), and the line for the real-deal.  We didn't do it, but we 
watched other people as I recall.

I was /more fascinated/ by the TT Model 35 I saw (either at the A. T. & 
T. exhibit, or very near by.)  At my request, the family went back to 
see that Model 35 run once more before we left the fair .  I couldn't 
believe how they got that little box of typebars to dance around, and 
the hammer that seemed to hit the backs exactly right, but so fast you 
couldn't really see it.  You can keep your Picturephone,//that bouncing 
type-bar box was -amazing-.  (Still is!)
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