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Telephones116 of 1042Stromberg Carlson 1543 Rotary Phone Early 1950s I love the ornate
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    Posted 6 years ago

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    Aleksey
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    I am from Russia, this is my recent acquisition. And what a melodious bell, if You knew! Sorry I don't know the model number.

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    1. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 6 years ago
      Western Electric '500 Series' 5-line 'key system' office phone, looks like an older one with the black metal dial and round pushbuttons, likely late 1940's-early 50's. (its probably got date stamps inside, if not visible on its bottom) There would have been a rectangular bezel around the row of buttons with labels to indicate 'line 1 - 5' and 'HOLD' for the 6 buttons, which would illuminate when ringing or in use. Red sticker under the handset (w/more modern phone #'s than the one on the dial) suggests it last served in some sort of "public service" office somewhere. Hope this helps -- nice phone!! :-)
    2. Toyrebel Toyrebel, 6 years ago
      I remember them well.
    3. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      A classic phone.

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