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I was the sr. supervisor with UCLA Telecommunication Dept. during the 1984 Olympics. UCLA Telcom, GTE, PacBell, AT&T long Lines. We had to provide mass communications for T.V. & radio stations, newspaper journalists, wire service. This service was provided in those days with landlines (copper & fiber optics) via satellite. The first photo is my security badge required by the Olympic Organization for access to the Olympic venues and Olympic Village. I also got caught up in the olympic pin collecting, but i collected only law enforcement pins. Only twenty of the GTE cap were made and I was lucky enought to receive one from the GTE crew that were working on the UCLA campus during the Olympic.
TelephonesPeople started collecting phones shortly after Alexander Graham Bell patent…
Olympic Pins and MedalsEvery two years, fans of the summer and winter Olympic Games have the oppor…
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