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Wood Telephones39 of 142My old phone made in Singapore serial no. 70325Western Electric Wall Phone Model 317R 1911-1915
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    Posted 9 years ago

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    This was the first phone on the wall of my childhood home. Was wondering what kind it is? Also year of manufacture? It had a battery in the bottom and the top door still has the magnet for the ringer. The paper in the photo was inside the battery compartment of the case.

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    1. ttomtucker ttomtucker, 9 years ago
      Looks to me to be a Western Electric tandem, could use better photo's of the inside top box. The diagram was used inside a Sumter single box wall phone.
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      Beautiful phone & would love to have it as a restoration job . Not familiar with Sumter made phones & if they made phones under contract or were independent. I'll give you 6 goats & 3 copper bracelets for it ! LOL !! I'm the one people will warn you about if I haven't scared you off ! Welcome to CW, aka CyberAsylum. Wish I could say that my 1st post was this impressive !
    3. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      That's a great phone. Looks like it has been out in the barn. Time to bring it inside and clean it up.
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      If you want to fix it up some, contact House of Telephones. They moved so you have to look them up O/L .

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