Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, St. Louis, Mo.

Looking for a Stocking Stuffers? Or just a cool vintage key chain? The Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum has Princess-style and Trimline-style key chains in stock and ready to ship to you! These are the original telephone key chains from the 1960s and 1970s. They come with a metal beaded chain which measures 4" in length in the open position.... Princess-style Key Chains come in these colors: Beige/Tan, Blue, White, Turquoise/Aqua and Moss Green. $3.00 each plus tax and shipping. Pink. $5.00 each plus tax and shipping (Pink is more difficult to obtain). Trimline-style Key Chains comes in these colors: Light Green, Tan, Yellow, White, Red and Blue $5.00 each plus tax and shipping. We have a special shipping price for these key chains. Purchase 1 to 6 key chains and the shipping is only $4.00. Please contact the museum at 314.416.8004 to order your key chains. We are open from Wednesday through Sunday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm central time.

The Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, St. Louis, Mo. has three Collector Prints in stock. They are $10.00 each plus tax. Shipping is $6.95 for one or two of them and $7.95 for all three. These prints are a great gift idea for those who worked in the telecommunication industry. Please call the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, St. Louis, Mo. at 314.416.8004 to order your prints. We are open Wednesday through Sunday from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. www.jbtelmuseum.org... Norman Rockwell Lineman Print Norman Rockwell painted this picture in 1947 as a promotion for AT&T. It is dedicated to the history of the telecommunications industry and measures 17" in width by 22" in length. Spirit of Service Print Out of the blizzard of 1888 came one of the best-known paintings of the telephone industry, Ernest Hamlin Baker's "The Spirit of Service." Angus MacDonald is depicted guarding a section of the New York-Boston Main Line during the historic storm. The print measures 22" in width by 17" in length. Weavers of Speech Print T.D. Skidmore originally created this historic image in black and white oil. It first appeared in a Bell System national magazine ad in December, 1915. It was originally titled Spinners of Speech but was changed to Weavers of Speech in deference to the obvious tapestry effect of the print. The print measures 22" in width by 17" in length.

Todd Thomas stopped by the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, St. Louis, Mo. a couple of weeks ago and filmed this promotion for the museum. Put your answer in the Comments Section to be put into a drawing to win a four-pack of admissions to the museum. See you soon!

The Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, St. Louis, Mo. is reopening on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Please see our ABOUT page for more information regarding safety and enhanced sanitation protocols. We will be open our usual days and times which is Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.... According to the CDC, to practice social distancing, stay at least 6’ from other people. Want to know what 6’ looks like? Grab one of our 6’ telephone coiled cords! We are looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Notable happenings on May 4th: 1929 - Audrey Hepburn's birthday, British Actress 1959 - Randy Travis' birthday, County Music Singer... 2016 - Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum opened While we are closed due to the Saint Louis County Stay-At-Home order, we still wanted to celebrate our 4th anniversary! We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

HAPPY 3-14 DAY !! Area code 314 was one of the original area codes created in October 1947 and it originally covered most of the eastern half of Missouri, from the Illinois border to Jefferson City. It stretched along nearly the entire width of the state along the Mississippi River. It was split on January 7, 1996, when most of the western and southern portion was assigned to area code 573, leaving 314 to cover most of the Missouri side of the St. Louis metropolitan area. T...he creation of 573 was intended to be a long-term solution. Within only two years, however, 314 was close to exhaustion once again due to the proliferation of cell phones, fax machines and pagers in the St. Louis core. The supply of numbers was further limited because the St. Louis LATA (Local Access & Transport Area) extends across much of the southern portion of Illinois, meaning several numbers in Illinois' 618 weren't available for use. As a result, 314 was reduced to its current size on May 22, 1999, when area code 636 was assigned to St. Louis' outer western suburbs. Before the introduction of number portability, 314 was used for all cell phones on the Missouri side of the St. Louis area. In 2000, the Missouri Public Service Commission announced plans to add area code 557 as an overlay to area code 314, but postponed the implementation date (May 5, 2002) indefinitely, when the commission determined no immediate need for more phone numbers. Conservation measures such as number pooling staved off the immediate need for an overlay. Source: Wikipedia Area Code 314