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A living history of LGBTQ+ life in Wisconsin

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Telephone House

Milwaukee

Summary

1986. The Telephone House was a telephone business owned and run by Jimmy O'Conner. It was located on the north-east corner of 2nd and National (diagonal from the LaCage Aux Folles gay dance bar), and offered interesting designs and specialty telephones in the age before portable or cellular phones.

Images

The building, approx. 1979 / (courtesy Michail Takach) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project
Steppin' Out: the fire, Sept. 1986 / (see lower right corner of article) / (In Step, vol. 3 no. 18, pg. 10) In Step