AE Type 34 Wall Monophone
Automatic ElectricAutomatic ElectricAutomatic Electric Company was an American telephone equipment supplier primarily for independent telephone companies in North America, but also had a worldwide presence. With its line of automatic telephone exchanges, it was also a long-term supplier of switching equipment to the Bell System, starting in 1919.
The company was the largest manufacturing unit of the Automatic Electric Group. In 1955, the company was acquired by General Telephone and Electronics (GT&E). After numerous reorganization within GTE, the company's assets came under the umbrella of Lucent in the 1990s, and subsequently part of Nokia.Read more on Wikipedia → · Model 34 · deco, wall, American
About This Phone
This model is often referred to as a "Compact Wall Phone." The sleek, black Art Deco aesthetic and the offset Strowger dial (to the right of the handset) are hallmarks of that era's industrial design. Because this dial is marked P-A-X, this specific unit was likely used as part of an internal business or industrial telephone system rather than a standard residential line. These systems allowed employees within a large building or factory to dial each other directly without needing a human operator—a cutting-edge feature in the 1930s and 40s.
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