The Annual Key and Telegraph symposium was
chaired by
Canadian Collector Murray Willer:(8KB)
The session began with the presentation of awards for
outstanding contributions to knowledge in the
field of Telegraph to:
Murray Willer:(10KB)
and to
Roger Reinke:(9KB)
After the initial excitement of the pre-dawn hunt for
exotic keys, several collectors gathered for a group
photograph.
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(Left-to-Right) Tony Rogozinsky, Gil Schlehman, Peter Malvasi,
Tom French, Brad Wilson, Tom Perera, Doug Palmer, and Greg Raven.
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Peter Malvasi, Roger Reinke, Tom Perera, and Gil Schlehman
sitting around Roger's wonderful display of early land-line
equipment.
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Gil Schlehman and Bill Holly standing in front of Tom
Perera's 45 foot long display of telegraph equipment.
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Tom Perera's travelling telegraph museum on the road.
Air-filled bags inside the rear springs help keep
things level.
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Greg Raven photographing some of Roger Reinke's keys.
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a day's purchases and trades spread out on the
bedspread of one of the motel rooms.
I hope that we will see YOU at next year's meet !!
Professor Tom Perera
Montclair State University