Connecticut Telephone Fluted Shaft Desk Set

Connecticut TelephoneConnecticut Telephone1882–1935Founded in 1893 in Meriden, Connecticut by 21-year-old Ernest C. Wilcox, who launched his career by selling four handmade telephones to a local brewery for $100. Partnering with Burton L. Lawton, the company grew from a small operation in an old iron works to a five-story factory on Britannia Street, incorporating in 1903. Beyond telephones and switchboards, CTE became the world's largest manufacturer of automobile ignitions by 1921. During WWII, the company produced over 70,000 EE-108 sound-powered field telephones, many sent to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease. The company changed hands several times before finally closing in the late 20th century. · Circa: 1898
Categories: candlestick, American  ·  Contributor/source: Pete D'Acosta (website)
Connecticut Telephone Fluted Shaft Desk Set

About This Phone

This is a Connecticut fluted shaft on a decorative nickel plated iron base. The catalog says that this is a desk phone, style B. The receiver is a Holtzer-Cabot outside terminal receiver which was used on the earlier Connecticut candlesticks. The scan is from a The Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co. catalog, June 1, 1900.