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Monarch Telephone Mfg. Co. straight shaft desk set
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Monarch TelephoneMonarch TelephoneFounded 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. · Candlesticks, American · Source/via: Pete D'Acosta (website)
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Monarch Telephone Mfg. Company straight shaft desk stand with marked transmitter and unmarked OST receiver. Please see the scan of an original ad in the August 5, 1922 Telephony magazine of a similar Monarch candlestick, and scans from an original Monarch catalog in 1920.
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