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Welcome to a little bit of something...
This website will strive to bring you up to date information from our home in Richmond, Indiana
area... things about our activities. For information click on the links in the column to the left...
Trip to San Francisco...
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| On Fisherman's Wharp looking upward to Ghirardelli Square |
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| One of the trolleys we depended on for travel |
Our daughter, Karen and our granddaughter, Elizabeth, made a five day trip to San Francisco
on May 30, 2006.
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| A buildling near our hotel with furniture attached to the outside |
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| Linda, with Karen and Elizabeth on top of Twin Peaks |
New Exhibit Opens at Museum...
The exhibit, presented to the Wayne County Historical Museum on September
9, 2004 is a display of the equipment utilized in the world's first fully automatic dial radio-telephone system.
It was invented by Ramsey McDonald in Richmond, Indiana and went into operation on March 1, 1948.
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| Direct Dial equipment mounted on the dash with transmitting/receiving equipment below (trunk) |
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| Bill McDonald & Gary Guthridge stand beside the display |
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| Inventor Ramsey McDonald |
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| Actual invention equipment |
The exhibit was built by Ramsey McDonald's son Bill McDonald and his friend from college, Gary
Gutheridge. It utilizes original equipment. Ramsey died in 1985. The display can be seen in the automotive
section of the museum.
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| Karen - December 10, 1965 |
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| Mark - April 6, 1968 |
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