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American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter

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American Bell TelephoneAmerican Bell Telephone1880–1899The 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 → · iconic designs
American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter

About This Phone

Early American Bell Telephone Co. desk-stand telephone incorporating a Blake carbon transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is marked PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. and references patents held by Francis Blake, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Emile Berliner (dated Aug 2, 1881; Dec 6, 1881; Aug 14, 1883; and Nov 17, 1891).