C.1920 Gray Telephone Pay Station Co Hartford CT
1920
40B Railroad Phone
1919
WE 50AL Candlestick
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Western ElectricWestern ElectricWestern Electric Co., Inc. was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996. A subsidiary of AT&T Corporation for most of its lifespan, Western Electric was the primary manufacturer, supplier, and purchasing agent for all telephone equipment for the Bell System from 1881 until 1984, when the Bell System was dismantled.Read more on Wikipedia → · Model 50AL · candlesticks, American · Source/via: Frank Franowsky
About This Phone
This was the first WE dial candlestick, used in conjunction with the Bell System's new dial service beginning in 1921 in Norfolk, VA (previously all Bell calls had been operator-assisted, whereas independents using AE equipment had been quicker to adopt dial technology).
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