Two-Box Tandem c1909

American Electric · 1900s
Categories: wood phones, American  ·  Contributor: Dick Erickson
Two-Box Tandem c1909

About This Phone

Oak two-box "Gibson Girl" tandem with outside terminal receiver and rare Gray number 10 side mount 5-10-25 cent collector (original paint in red, blue and silver). Circa 1909. "Gibson Girl" nickname comes from the tandem's shape's resemblence to the 'Gibson girl' figures drawn by famous turn of the century illustrator Charles Gibson.