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Western
Electric Upright
Desk stand Model 21A circa 1901 commonly referred to as the ‘Erie' model with a 7 digit beveled transmitter ( 1620387 ), a 7 digit WE Pony OST receiver( 2869170 ), a John Infurna Red Cross Glass Mouthpiece, and an Odis LeVrier green receiver cord. |
| Western Electric Upright Desk stand Model 10 Circa 1898 with a *229* transmitter, long pole receiver, a Whisper-it Glass mouthpiece, and an Odis LeVrier set of green cords.
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Stromberg Carlson Upright Desk stand commonly referred to as the ‘Roman Column’ phone circa
1897 with an American Electric Burns porcelain mouthpiece. |
Automatic Electric Strowger Upright Desk stand circa 1905 with an Odis LeVrier green receiver cord. |
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Automatic Electric ‘Sunburst Dial’ Upright Desk from Stand circa 1909. This candlestick telephone has a rare and unique dial. The stick gets its name from the design in the center of the finger wheel, which resembles a sunburst. The dial is unique in the fact that the secondary finger stop is below the dial, and the finger wheel does not return when pulled around to the stop. This dial was short lived due to mechanical difficulties.
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| Western Electric model A1 (or AA1) dial Cradle telephone with a 2HB non-notched dial, a seamless early E1 handset, with the patent information on the shaft “WESTERN ELECTRIC MADE IN USA PATENTS APPLD FOR IN USA". This cradle set was referred to as the 'chopped off Candlestick’ and was the first WE cradle set, circa 1926. The AA1 model was only made for one year. |
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Stromberg Carlson Figure 8 oak wall phone, commonly referred to as the McKinley model circa 1899 with a cast iron triplet and a porcelain mouthpiece. |
Harrison International Telephone Co 2 box cherry wall phone circa 1892 equipped with a Williams transmitter and a Williams ‘Milk Bottle’ receiver. |
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It might seem strange to have a single box, plain front wall phone included in my favorites, but this phone holds a special significance. This is a Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph model circa 1913, made in Lincoln Nebraska. The local telco purchased the mechanical parts from Western Electric, had the wood carcasses built here in Lincoln by local craftsman, and put these phones together in the telco repair shop.
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Gray Paystation fitted with a Western Electric 10A transmitter mount. Paystation unit is mounted on a Western Electric 301 walnut fiddleback wall set. |
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Central Telephone & Electric ornate walnut Fiddleback circa 1899. Notice the intricate carving on both the backboard and the front of the wall set.
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Electric Co model referred to as the
‘Toploader’ with triplet assembly circa 1905. This oakwall phone got its name from the fact that the dry cell batteries were installed in the top part of the phone, as opposed to the customary bottom battery area in most other single box sets. |
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