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Phonemandave Explore the private telephone collection of Phonemandave Get a kick out of the attractive pictures, education, and information this site features
Phonemandave - Western Electric Telephones I display this rare pony style receiver because it could have been found with this phone It is an early Western Electric bipolar 2-piece pony produced from 1894 - 1900 This one has a beautiful brown hue as a result of more than a century of aging
Phonemandave - Pioneers of the Telephone World December 17,1850 - January 24,1903: William Gray, who had previously invented an inflatable chest protector for baseball umpires, came up with a series of experimental models of a device that would accept coins for placing phone calls
Western Electric Telephones Page 5 - Phonemandave Western Electric 304AC Desk Phone c 1951 - All Dated 1951 - Has #5H dial with 150E porcelain party line dial face Note that steel gongs and heavy cord indicate phone was produced during WW2 and placed into service post war
About Phonemandave and his collections Although having an interest in old telephones since childhood compounded by watching Sheriff Andy Taylor using his candlestick phone, it wasn't until 1986 that I purchased my first antique telephone This life changing experience occurred in a small antique shop located in Dewey, Arizona where I paid way too much
Phonemandave. net - Telephone Trivia The dial phone was invented in the 1880's by Almond Brown Stowger, who was a Kansas City, MO undertaker and was convinced that the Bell Telephone operator was sending calls for his funeral home to the operator's brother-in-law, a competitor
Phonemandave-Western Electric Compact Wall Phones 12KY Compact Wall Phone c 1910's - Interesting variation that is almost a cross between a #333 and #533 Except for some subtle exceptions, it has the size and look of a #333 with outside gongs, yet has the stamped window frame front like the #533
Phonemandave - Keystone Telephone Company-Pittsburg There were at least two Keystone telephone companies located in Pennsylvania between 1894 1945 46 The earlier known as the Keystone Telephone Co (approx 1894-1898) was located in Pittsburgh Additionally, there is evidence of the Keystone Electric Telephone Company (approx 1901-1905) operating from the same address as the Keystone Telephone Co Telephones and telephone parts produced by