Electrical Engineering Co. Desk Set

There is very little known about this fantastic telephone. There is a big "EE Co" in script writing surrounded by lightning bolts, right under the transmitter. I have always wondered about the Swedish American transmitter but was told that this phone was used by Swedish American executives for a short time. Whether the story is true or not, I beieve the transmitter is original to the telephone. Just above the base is another metal tag that says, "Minnesota Electric Co., Minneapolis, Minn." Receiver is a Swedish American outside terminal receiver. This phone is very heavy, the coil and terminal strip are mounted on to the wooden base plate rather than on to the base of the telephone. Outstanding scan from an original April 1897 article in American Electrician magazine shows the earliest version of this telephone with a watch case receiver.