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Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set

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Manhattan Electrical SupplyManhattan Electrical Supply1891–1920Manhattan Electrical Supply Company, known as MESCO, was one of the largest electrical supply dealers in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Operating from 17 Park Place in New York City with factories in Jersey City, the company manufactured and distributed a broad line of electrical equipment including telephones, telegraph instruments, batteries, and signaling devices. MESCO produced potbelly and rope shaft candlestick telephones during the competitive independent telephone era of the 1890s-1910s. Their extensive illustrated catalogs are preserved at the Smithsonian and Library of Congress. · Candlesticks, American · Source/via: Pete D'Acosta (website)
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set

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Very rare Manhattan tapered shaft desk set with marked transmitter. Manhattan Electric Supply Company manufactured quite a few upright desk set designs and a few, like the tapered shaft, are very scarce. Outside terminal long pole receiver. Scan is from an original Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. catalog showing this exact telephone. This telephone is in mint condition for its age.
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