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Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set
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Stromberg-CarlsonStromberg-CarlsonStromberg-Carlson was a United States telecommunications equipment and electronics manufacturing company. It was formed in 1894 as a partnership by Swedish immigrants Alfred Stromberg and Androv Carlson. It was one of five companies that controlled the national supply of telephone equipment until after World War II.Read more on Wikipedia → · Candlesticks, American · Source/via: Pete D'Acosta (website)
About This Phone
This is one of the most copied and reproduced candlesticks ever made. The Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set with a beautiful fluted shaft, marked transmitter and black heavy cast base. Steerhorn switch hook and marked Stromberg-Carlson receiver. Please see the scan of a print ad promoting this telephone in an original 1898 The Electrical World magazine. Also three other original articles from 1898-1899 that show the Roman Column sitting on a desk. Outstanding original condition. No base plate but coil and wires are inside base.
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