Elston Telephone Co. Wooden Potbelly

This is a fantastic original candlestick with a wooden potbelly mounted on a very large round metal base. Marked transmitter says “The Elston Transmitter”. Short steer horn switch hook and an unmarked outside terminal receiver. I received the three photographs from the great grand daughter of Henry L. Elston. The first is of young Henry posing with several of his telephones, including a candlestick. The second photo is also a young Henry inside his telephone workshop in Muscoda, Wisconsin, and the third is a much older Henry Elston in the 1930s in one of his telephone company switch board services in Platteville, Wisconsin.