Western Electric No. 2 PBX
Western ElectricWestern ElectricWestern Electric Co., Inc. was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996. A subsidiary of the 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 → · switchboard, American · Source: Tom Adams
About This Phone
This is the main telephone station for a Western Electric PBX #2. It was recognized that there was a need for standardizing an economical PBX for situations where the traffic was not enough to justify a full time Operator. Accordingly, the No. 2 PBX was announced by AT&T Co. in October 1903. PBX Exchange No. 2 furnishes a system of intercommunication whereby a subscriber at any station may call any other station of the branch exchange without the assistance of an operator. The special intercommunicating system is made up of a switch with a Main Telephone Station (a candlestick type telephone, a 371A key switch, and 271F subset) which is connected by trunk lines to the Company's nearest exchange and extension telephones (270K compact sets consisting of a single gong ringer, mounted on a backboard with a 371A key switch for each office or room in the residence or establishment).
Circa 1903.
Circa 1903.
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