rdalkranian Guest 0 post 27-Sep-2003 7:46 PM	The last post mentioned Olson electronics, there was one just one bus ride from my house in Miami Fl back in the 70s and they sold so many amazing things, The one I remember best ( and wish I still had) was A Cartrivision color video tape recorder with A decent b/w zoom camera. Sure it was an open chassis and it was skip field system but It worked and was color, and I was the only 15 year old with his own vcr in 1974. Plus if I remember right they gave you A real pearl for every ten dollars spent in the store. Sorry about my rant, Richard
Ron Mansfield Moderator 46 post s 28-Sep-2003 7:18 AM	Yeah, I was an Olson fan too. In fact I worked as a technician at an Olson store in Western New York for a while. Even back then the stuff was so cheaply imported that if I couldn't fix it quickly we scrapped it. Speaking of bargin sources back then, remember Poly Paks? I used to love when that catalog arrived. ---------- Ron Mansfield www.childhoodradios.com Last Edited Guest on 28-Sep-2003 7:19 AM
RDalkranian 5 post s 1-Oct-2003 7:45 PM	As Homer Simpson might say, MMMMMM p o l y p a c k s Yes Ron I sure do, also getting a new Lafayette catalog, heaven! I remember they advertised cb radios for only $5.60 A MONTH! It is stranbe though, no matter how many times I tried to order one nothing happened. Of course I was in sixth grade at the time and had not yet learned the finer points of installment payments. Richard
fifties 20 post s 4-Oct-2003 9:34 PM	Olson Electronics, Polypaks, Lafayette catalogs...remember Burnstein-Applebee or Allied Electronics catalogs? Or how about the "Knight Kit" and "Philmore" kit radios? I remember we had an Olson Electronics in North Hollywood-I bought an electro-mechanical "Vibra Sonic" device that incorporated electronics, and a SPRING, to give a delayed sound effect. It sounded like you were in a large concert hall!
RDalkranian 6 post s 8-Oct-2003 5:09 PM	Let us not forget Dyna-Kits. Back in the mid 1970s I built A solid state Dyna-Kit stereo amp of about 35 watts per channel. I started work on it at about 11:00 am and finished at about 1:00 am, no wonder my back still hurts. Richard
ChuckE Guest 0 post 13-Nov-2003 4:48 PM	I'll bet no one remembers Bowman Electronics...they had a line of kits that appeared in the johnson Smith catalogs. Their AIR-3 VHF aircraft receiver kit really fascinated me, it was a crystal diode set with two transistors for amplification. I'd sure like to find a couple of these AIR-3s now. Poly Paks had "Wire Riots" that a friend and I still joke about. And there was an Olson store in St. Louis, MO. I remember two nice crystal set kits they carried, one was styled like a transistor radio, the other was the Philmore "Selective" Crystal Set. I believe Olson's catalogs were printed on newsprint-quality paper...
Ron Mansfield Moderator 57 post s 14-Nov-2003 6:28 AM	Yeah, There is a guy on eBay who sometimes sells CD-ROMs with scanned images from a 1969 Olson Electronics catalog. Pretty interesting reading. Last I heard (April 03) his email address was bakuhn@earthlink.net, and ebay name is bakuhn Four bucks + S/H as I recall. ---------- Ron Mansfield www.childhoodradios.com Last Edited Ron Mansfield on 14-Nov-2003 6:32 AM
Anonymous Guest 0 post 2-Dec-2003 8:42 PM	IT WAS A SAD DAY WHEN POLYPAKS CLOSED DOWN.I SAW THE OWNERS HOUSE WAS PUT UP FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET I THINK ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS OR PERHAPS THE REMAING STOCK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY AND I USED TO LIKE ORDERING THINGS OFF THEM.ONCE I ORDERED A SURPRISE PAK AND GOT THESE LITTLE GLASS THINGS THAT LOOKED LIKE DIODES.I TESTED THEM AND GUESS WHAT,NOV READING.IT WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS LATER I FIGURED OUT THEY WERE GLASS ENCAPSULATED CAPACITORS.I HAD TO LAUGH ABOUT THAT ONE.BUT I MUST SAY THE PRODUCTS THEY SOLD WERE VERY INTERESTING AND ITS A PITY NO-ONE FILLED THAT NICHE TO REPLACE THEM.REGARDS,TIM.
Anonymous Guest 0 post 8-Dec-2003 11:55 AM	My dad was a big fan of Olson Electronics in the 60's. For my 6th Christmas, he bought me the Olson Electronics Experimenter Kit. It was a bright orange plastic pegboard that had all these electronic components that you could plug in and wire up. I think there was at least 3 or 4 germanium transistors, etc. My favorite circuit was the AM transmitter. How cool was sending your voice over the air to a table radio when you're 6 years old? The really scary part is I'm now 43 and I still have the kit and I believe it's mostly complete!
Anonymous Guest 0 post 7-Jan-2004 10:52 AM	I bought my first CB radio at Olson Electronics - it was a Halicrafters and was a 23 channel synthesized model. $119.95 had it till it was stolen in 1973.
Iain G Guest 0 post 22-Jan-2004 5:46 PM	I too use to *love* getting the Poly Paks catalog (came in a newspaper format). I was just barely a teenager at the time and would spend hours figuring out to the penny how much stuff I could afford to buy. I got into Heathkit in a huge way when I got a bit older. The kits were fantastic and the catalog was great. I started with a multimeter kit, then a scope and eventually a H-89 computer. The computer had thousands of parts and took weeks to assemble, but it actually worked perfectly the first time I turned it on.
RDalkranian 28 post s 22-Jan-2004 6:39 PM	Hi lian, yes Heathkit really made the best kits anywhere, although they are still in business they no longer make any type of electronic kit any more. From what I read on another site we can thank liability laws and laywers for the demise. It would be great if the government would step in like they did for the small aircraft manfactures. Nobody built a small aircraft from 1978 to sometime in the early 1990s. Oops, there I go ranting again, sorry. Richard
Iain G Guest 0 post 24-Jan-2004 6:49 PM	I grew up in the Buffalo, NY area. Heathkit had a retail store in the area. They had something for everyone (ham, home electronics, R/C, computer hacks, test gear, etc.) I have vivid memories of visiting the place with Dad as a kid. They even had some neat toys, like a slotless racecar set and model airplane kits. The place had a sweet smell of electronic parts and rosin flux. Things really started to slide when they were acquired by Zenith. They focused on computers at the expense of the rest of the product line. They had some early success with the H-8, H-89 and H-100 computers, but wound up making overpriced IBM-compatible clones before their demise. I also think that consumer electronics got too complex for the average kit builder (imagine soldering together all the SMT guts of an iPod or a Pentium 4 motherboard). Fortunately, ebay is loaded with unassembled kits, usually at bargain prices.
Barry Guest 0 post 12-Feb-2004 11:25 AM	Is anyone familiar with a company known as "Strom Communications"? This company made the most interesting public address equipment that I have seen ANYWHERE! They were headquartered in Chester, PA in the '60's and '70's, but vanished. I would like to know what happened to the company (i.e. bought out or bankrupt) and what name it is doing business under now?
Olson Electronics Guest 0 post 17-Feb-2004 7:50 AM	My daughter Remy directed me to this site. I am a son of one of the founders of Olson Electronics (Originally Olson Radio). Any questions, please feel free to contact me at stuartbolson@aol.com Wonderful reading about customer experiences !
Ron Mansfield Guest 0 post 17-Feb-2004 2:45 PM	Hi Stuart and Remy! How nice to hear from you both. Before working at the Olson store in Amherst, NY as a college student I remember going to the store in downtown Buffalo at perhaps age 11 or 12. A really great Saturday day trip was to go with my dad to where he worked as an electrician, (in the basement of the now-defunct Buffalo Courier Express), and then hang out at Olsons while he checked tubes for the home TV, or we'd listen to the latest stereo gear, (or was it just HiFi then?), and both wish we could afford it. Welcome to the message board and do keep in touch. Ron Last Edited Guest on 18-Feb-2004 8:02 PM
fifties 47 post s 17-Feb-2004 10:16 PM	Hi Remy and Stuart! I LOVED Olson Electronics! Such cool stuff (some things you couldn't find ANYWHERE else!)and at AFFORDABLE prices! I used to go to the store at Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. I was SO sorry to see it disappear!
RDalkranian 36 post s 18-Feb-2004 2:48 PM	Welcome Remy and Stuart, The store in downtown Miami was the best, the staff would go out of their way to make sure that this 11 or 12 year old kid (me) found what he was looking for and once or twice told me that the item I wanted did not have any tax on it that day so I would not have to take the bus home empty handed. The second store that opened in Coral Gables near the University of Miami was great as well, by that time I was driving and would also drop by the store in Hialeah in north Miami. I can't imagine some kid going into a Radio Shack and being treated as well as I was at Olson looking for some inexpensive item. It seems that unless you are getting a contract for cell phone service they are to busy to help you. Anyway Thank you and your family for a wonderful time in my life. Richard Dalkranian
Dave Kunert Guest 0 post 19-Feb-2004 9:52 AM	Hi! I couldn't resist getting into this posting. I worked for Olson Electronics (Radio) starting around 1963 to about 1977. I started part time at the Olson store on 4th & Michigan in Milwaukee "MIL", working for a Dick Blackston. There was a Paul Splinter as manager prior to that time. After being in the service I worked full time and then became manager at "MNW" (Milwaukee North West)-- all the stores had a three letter abbreviation that were used internally. I also managed the store on Golf Rd. in Hoffman Estates IL prior to leaving the company. I remember the pearl promotion quite well and wonder what people did with all of there pearls?? Heck now I wonder if I have some laying around. Remember the strange polyester shirts the staffs wore?? White with bright circles (kind of alla Target but three colors I think?), in the 70's?? I think I still have one! (I'm now 57) We always had annual sales meetings for store management in Akron at the headquarters. In those trips I had met Sidney Olson, one of the founders, and he was in Milwaukee a couple of times during the early years. Remember the one or two years that there actually was a full annual catalog?? That must have been around 1973 or 1974 when they hired Larry Lecashman (SP)?? from Electro-voice to be head of the company. I'll have to look through some of my old stuff and see what goodies I find. Kind of made me tear up thinking back those 30 to 40 years ago. d.kunert@att.net
RDalkranian 38 post s 19-Feb-2004 6:18 PM	Hi Dave and Welcome, You mentioned the catalogs, do you remember what years the treasure hunt promotion ran? I was sure that my name would show up in one of those catalogs one day and since I would read them cover to cover more than once I would find it. Oh well never happened, but I did enjoy the catalogs. BTW I have a stash of unopened pearls too.:) Richard Last Edited RDalkranian on 19-Feb-2004 6:20 PM
DaveK 1 post 19-Feb-2004 7:13 PM	Yup, I remember that promo well although I don't recall for how many years it ran. I do know it was for quite a long time. First thing we would do in the store was to see if any local people made it. First after checking what new items would be in our next shipment! I rememmber all the TV rebuilt picture tubes we sold at the Milwaukee store. Along with all the other regular tubes, Westinghouse & Shield brand. I do remember the Bowman kits someone mentioned. I know we carried one or two at Olson Electronics. Do you know there was also a division of Olson called Harold Electronics? They sold the same items to a lot of other chains who never realized they were buying from Olson. They were based out of Chicago. I started going to Olson in the early 50's when my dad would go. I do still have an eight transistor radio that was my fathers from Olson. A Seminole brand, inside it says: "Seminole Radio Division, Sans & Streiffe, Box 36, Broadview Ill." It was in perfect condition but during our last move the front got pushed in a little. Sad how some things dissappear, such as Olson's. Nice to see the postings from some of the family. Last Edited DaveK on 21-Apr-2004 4:45 PM
RDalkranian 40 post s 21-Feb-2004 10:18 AM	Sure I remember Harold, I had no idea it was adivision of Olson Electronics. As I remember they carried alot of PA and audio gear, small speakers and L-pads and such with an orange and black Harold logo. I could have sworn that I was still seeing Harold items in the mid eighties at Electronic Equipment Co. here in Miami, but I could be wrong. It's been fun remembering all the great times and things I found at Olsons. Now I have to wait a year for the Tropical Hamboree and radio show to come around. Hmmm I hear Dayton has a great one, wonder if I have enough miles for a round trip ticket? Richard
DaveK 5 post s 3-Mar-2004 8:24 AM	Just a little question for the Olsons -- Remy &/or Stuart ..... When did the last stores finally close? Were they still owned by Teledyne at the end? Kind of interested if you can give a little history and insite on their demise. Thanks DaveK
DaveK 9 post s 13-Mar-2004 11:53 AM	Short update-- I found the Seminole radio I have on Sarah Lowrey's (Sarah Wanamaker) site, it is a Seminole 801 -- Amazing site she has with all the radios listed. I started from "A" and went all the way to the end, took one whole day.
Buster,R Guest 0 post 21-Mar-2004 2:43 PM	I use to use a lot of Olsen Electronics, items in my repair shops, still have a number, of their products still in orginal boxes, like new. Also have some Poly Pak, packets, still sealed with their products.
Olson memories Guest 0 post 21-Mar-2004 4:26 PM	My favorite thing at Olson Electronics was the Grab bags and Grab Boxes. I loved buying all those transistors, capacitors, resistors, motors, pots, boards, etc. The grab bags were so fun. Electronic components and working with electronics were surely some of my finest memories. Thanks Olson Electronics.
DaveK 14 post s 22-Mar-2004 7:34 PM	Ron you had mentioned about the Olson catalog on E-bay. It's back on again. Item number: 3086430826 $3.99 + S&H ($1.30) US ---- ON CD I may have to bite, that was the year I got out of the service and went back to work at the Olson Electronics store in Milwaukee. I'll have to E-mail him to see if it has decent resolution to actually read the "fine print". Looking at the items just pictured on the front cover I can remember most all of them. The Concords, lots of headphones, telephones etc. , etc. , etc. I noticed he also has a 1969 Heathkit catalog on CD -- same deal, Item number: 3086430108 E-mail addy is still bkkuhn@earthlink.net
DaveK 15 post s 25-Mar-2004 7:31 AM	I got a response back after inquiring on the CD of the 1969 Olson Electronics catalog. Thought I would post it for all that are interested ----- ""Hi Dave, Yes, the catalog is very readable and ledgeable. It's great to hear from you. I've recently heard from Mr. Olson regarding the catalog and his amazement that anyone would still be interested in the document. It is not only a great stroll down memory lane, but it is also a good reference for folks who are looking for specifications, etc. on older tube gear. I just about break even on these transactions, but get lot's of great feedback from folks who truly enjoy the material. Bob & Karen Kuhn Haymarket, VA bkkuhn@earthlink.net"" Just an FYI -- DaveK
DaveK 16 post s 26-Mar-2004 1:03 PM	Item just reposted for the next 6 days or so. I had to see it so I ordered a copy, I'll let you know how it is. To think of all the catalogs we threw out over the years in the stores! Should have kept a set! Isn't hindsite wonderful. LOL DaveK Last Edited DaveK on 28-Mar-2004 12:19 PM
RDalkranian Guest 0 post 27-Mar-2004 8:13 PM	I received my copy of the Olson catalog on CD today and it's probably the best 5 bucks I have ever spent on ebay. I have been reading it since 7:30 pm and it's my bedtime now but I don't want to stop. I had forgotten all the wonderful things they sold and that I bought. From speaker grill cloth( several types ) to 1/24 scale slot cars it was just a wonderful time and place. I came across my first factory made solid state stereo amp that I saved up for, 4 watts per channel, seperate controls for volume and tone for each channel. It took a couple of months for a kid to save $19.95 back then. I can't thank you enough for making this available and to the Olson family for making it all possible., Richard
DaveK 18 post s 30-Mar-2004 6:38 PM	Received my copy of the CD in todays mail. Very well worth the $5 plus with shipping. I am about half way through it and this is only doing a cursury glance. I think I must have already seen dozens of items I had bought. That was the hazard of working at the store. LOL
MJ1956 1 post 31-Mar-2004 7:10 PM	I remember Bowman Kits. Built many in the early '70's. My favorite was the incandescent strobe. Got them from Lafayette in Pittsburg, PA - along with 900 tons of other stuff. Thank You Braun for all of your kind help and a place to hang out.
RDalkranian 55 post s 1-Apr-2004 4:56 PM	Dave k., When I turned 16 and had a car it was my dream to get a job at the Olson store downtown. The manager said that since I lived there anyway as soon as a opening came along he would give it to me. I could not wait for someone to quit, get promoted, move or whatever. Then the first fm top 40 radio station came on the air in Miami, WMYQ 96.3 and a friend of mine got me a job there doing tape machine maintinence and doing production, it was the only better job than Olsons in town. The manager from Olson moved to a store called Flamingo Panasonic and called me so I worked at both places, but never did get a chance to work for Olson. That is a lot more than you wanted to know, sorry. Richard PS I still remember the manager's name, Rubem Mendeola
jercie2004 Guest 0 post 10-Apr-2004 2:38 PM	Do any of you remember the promotion Olsen had when selling the diamond head needles? I have 65 pearls still in the packages where one came with every needle order. My dad made a long necklace for my mom and a small one for me many years ago. I am now selling the pearls on eBay with only a few hours to go.
Stuka Guest 0 post 12-Apr-2004 10:06 PM	I used to sit and look at the Olson’s and Lafayette catalogs for hours. I always wanted to buy one of those square speakers from Olson’s, never did though. I was eleven when I placed my first orders and started receiving my first catalogs. It must have been about 73, I would take all the money I earned and walk about three miles to the Olson’s store in Allen Park MI. and buy all I had enough for. Its funny when I think about it, K mart in my area, for about a year back then, installed a couple of rows of caps, resistors and semi’s. It figures that after being weaned on vacuum tubes, bipolar’s, FET’s then to micros, now that I can afford to buy anything in an Olson’s store, or even buy my very own Altair, none can be found. After focusing on all this stuff I’m going to go bid on an old Novus LED calculator.
Irving J. Olson 1 post 21-Apr-2004 10:13 AM	I have read with interest your comments on Olson Electronics. I founded the company before most of you were born. I am happy to learn that so many radio buffs remember the great values at the stores and mail order plant in Akron, OH Last Edited Irving J. Olson on 21-Apr-2004 10:17 PM
Ron Mansfield Moderator 88 post s 22-Apr-2004 5:20 PM	Hi Irving! What a pleasure and an honor to have you drop in. Thanks so much. We miss your stores, as you can see. If I might ask, what are you doing these days? Ron ---------- Ron Mansfield www.childhoodradios.com
RDalkranian 60 post s 22-Apr-2004 7:19 PM	God Bless You, Irving J. Olson. I know it sounds corny but you and your company brought a great deal of happiness and Learning in my early life. Best Regards, Richard Dalkranian Last Edited RDalkranian on 22-Apr-2004 7:20 PM
fifties 64 post s 23-Apr-2004 1:44 AM	Hello Mr Olson; loved your unique stores! I bought merchandise from your store in North Hollywood, Calif., on Lankershim Blvd, and also the store in West Los Angeles; I can't seem to remember the street it was on-can you remind me? many thanks!
DaveK 21 post s 23-Apr-2004 7:25 PM	Hello Irving! I enjoyed working in the stores in the sixties and seventies. I originally worked for Dick Blackston in the Michigan Ave. store in downtown Milwaukee, which I believe was one of the early locations? Maybe third or seventh? Then managed the store on the north west side of Milwaukee on Fond Du Lac Ave. Then the store in Hoffman Estates IL. For the gentleman looking for the street the store was on in North Hollywood, I cheated and looked on the 1969 catalog CD I bought on line, as all of the store locations were listed on the back page. It was at 5356 Lankershim Blvd. 91601. Irving, would you be so kind as to give a brief history of the brothers who started it and who is still left and who's decendants are whose?? I see some postings but I can't seem to put the puzzel pieces together.... Thanks! DaveK Last Edited DaveK on 24-Apr-2004 11:41 AM
DaveK 22 post s 23-Apr-2004 10:50 PM	I found another tidbit for those that are interested. Follow this link to some old tape recorder ads -- including Olsons. The first one for 1958 is good. The next for 1959 is not, it takes you to the BA -- Burstein Appleby page. You can also see the 1973 & 1974 covers from the ONLY annual editions of an Olson Electronics catalog. That is when, as I mentioned in another post, Larry Lekashman of Electrovoice became the president of Olsons. Here is the starting link -- maybe someone can follow the various 1959 links and find the Olson one. http://www.phantomprod.com/catIndex.html This is mostly for tape recorders as I mentioned, but it is interesting. DaveK
DaveK 25 post s 27-Apr-2004 6:56 PM	Here is an interesting quote/statement on the Whittier Electronics site -- "The original owners were Ed Hellman and Nate Hellman, two eastern guys that came from the Depression era. They played baseball in the streets with the Olson brothers and out of it came Olson Electronics. Unfortunately, no one carried on for them and when they died, so did the business." Full address if you want to read the whole blurb is at--and take at look at the Logo at the top left compared to the old Olson Radio Logo... http://www.whittierelectronics.com/profile.htm PS Look at the quicktime panorama view -- looks like an old time electronics store---took awhile to load at 24KBPS ... PS#2 Ron, I E-mailed the store to see if they have any additional family background to add to the site and sent them the Childhoodradios link to see the interest this is spawning... I'll be adding a question on this to my list for you Ron...LOL DaveK Last Edited DaveK on 27-Apr-2004 7:42 PM
Mel Hellman Guest 0 post 28-Apr-2004 9:22 AM	Couldn't help myself to not want to post a little something after all that above. When my father and uncle sold all their property from Akron and Chicago, and moved to Whittier in 1952, they opened Whittier Electronics in January 1953. They both enjoyed the surplus market and bought and sold merchandise daily. At that time we had hobby business and ham business along with the CB craze that still today goes in spurts. I purchased this store from my father in 1967. I still remember the Olson Store here in Whittier. That same location has had so many different businesses over the years, but in my mind I see that old store. Never looked at it as competition, but more like friends just doing business. I am so sad to see the the schools are no longer taking time to teach our young people, to give them encouragement in the electronic field and to take them away from idol time that only gets them into trouble. The other sad note is that I am now almost 61, and yet in good health, but know that when I pass, so will this store. I still have items from the old days, including a old tube checker for people. Elenco has come up with project labs that off the internet, I sell all over the world. Thanks for this website by the way. It brings back great memories of the past, plus enouragement for today and the future. And to YOU MR. Olson. Stay healthy.
RDalkranian 61 post s 28-Apr-2004 8:01 PM	Jeez, When i mentioned Olson Electronics a few months ago I had no idea what I was starting, actually I am pretty happy about all the good old memories that have come back to me and others. Richard Dalkranian
Stephen H. Olson 1 post 9-May-2004 7:49 AM	I have been on the sideline reading these messages for a few weeks since my father, Irving Olson, told me about this site. My father is very fascinated and gratified that former customers hold him in such respect after all these years. I am enjoying the walk through memory lane that these messages provide. Please keep it up. ---------- Steve Olson
Ron Mansfield Moderator 96 post s 9-May-2004 2:21 PM	Hey Stephen, Welcome. You are so right about your dad and about the folks on this site. Are you an electronics collector by any chance? ---------- Ron Mansfield www.childhoodradios.com Last Edited Ron Mansfield on 9-May-2004 2:21 PM
noveltyradioguy Guest 0 post 10-May-2004 10:46 AM	Just read the last couple of posts and thought I'd say that I spent many a enjoyable hour in the Olson store in Detroit and many hours trying to find my name in their catalogs! brings back memories. If anyone's interested, theirs a cute little Olson amp on Ebay right now from someone who also remembers their pearl givaways. Nice website you got here.
SteveS 1 post 21-May-2004 10:03 PM	I used to go to the Olson store on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood Florida. Would ride my bike about three miles (which was a big deal in those days). Spent a lot of allowances on stuff there, including a "Teledyne" stereo, complete with 8 track player. I still find bits and pieces of stuff from back then that made it from Florida to California and through several moves. The early days of Fry's Electronics reminded me a lot of Olson, though now its just another TV-Stereo-Computer store. I always looked forward to the Olson catalog (along with the Lafayette and Allied Radio catalogs).
Prosounder Guest 0 post 24-May-2004 5:17 PM	Hi, I am so glad to hear that Irving Olson is around to appreciate his legacy, and join the many customers that remember their experiences shopping at Olson, either via mail-order, or in stores. We received catalogs regularly, and would order stuff by mail. My father would, on weekends, ocasionally drive to Buffalo or Cleveland (there was no Olson store in my hometown of Erie, Pa.), where I and friends would spend hours picking through the various sale tables at the local Olson store. Still remember the "Golden Gate Eight" Utah speaker with whizzer cone, gold in color, house-branded for Olson. Probably the biggest and best of all the surplus and import distributors in the entire U.S. What a great experience and fun it was! Regards, Tom
Irving J. olson Guest 0 post 1-Jun-2004 5:09 AM	Dear Prosounder, 'Twas good to read your post. I especially liked the last sentence "biggest and best" in the US. We tried to do a good job because the industry needed some one like us. Irving J. Olson