1879 Coffin
National Bell Telephone Co.National Bell Telephone Co.The Bell Telephone Company was an American telecommunications company active from 1877 to 1899. It was the initial corporate entity from which the Bell System originated to build a continental conglomerate and monopoly in telecommunication services in the United States and Canada.Read more on Wikipedia → · wood, American · Source: Tom Adams
About This Phone
This set used the Watson polarized ringing system with the call bells and magneto crank on the outside of the box. The 1879 set was the first to use the Blake transmitter with a local wet-cell battery. The National Bell Telephone Co. only existed from March 1879 to May 1880.
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