Monarch 60-Line Switchboard

Monarch TelephoneMonarch Telephone1901–1925Founded in Chicago in 1901, Monarch manufactured oak magneto wall telephones and switchboards for the independent telephone market. Their wall phones featured quarter-sawn oak cases with finger-dovetailed corners and cathedral tops, hand-crank magneto signaling, and built-in writing shelves. The company relocated to Fort Dodge, Iowa around 1912, where production continued. Monarch was acquired around 1925 by American Electric Company, itself part of the Theodore Gary & Company group that controlled Automatic Electric of Chicago — ultimately becoming part of GTE. · switchboard, American · Source: Wayne Merit
Monarch 60-Line Switchboard

About This Phone

The Monarch Telephone Manufacturing Company was founded in Chicago in 1901 and purchased by American Electric in 1925, which was in turn purchased by Automatic Electric.