30 Station Autophone

1910
S.H. Couch Co.S.H. Couch Co.1894–1969Founded by Samuel Henry Couch around 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, S.H. Couch Company specialized in intercommunicating telephones, intercom systems, fire alarms, and signaling equipment. Their signature product was the Autophone, a selector telephone that let small offices buzz extensions directly without a switchboard operator. Couch was an early participant in the Independent Telephone Movement, attending the national association's founding meeting in 1897. The company relocated to Norfolk Downs, Quincy, MA in 1910 and operated there for decades before being sold to ESB Corporation in 1969. · multi-line, wood, American
30 Station Autophone

About This Phone

Made of oak. S.H. Couch made several deskstand and candlestick Autophone models, some even up to 100 stations. Circa 1910.

Circa 1910.