Vintage automatic electric black rotary dial telephone phone monophone. This bakelite phone is rare, collectible and in good condition with some wear on the cradle and receiver. Up for auction is an art deco phone of the 20s, an automatic electric dial monophone that works. With its line of automatic telephone exchanges, it was also a longterm supplier of switching equipment to the. Home technical information gteautomatic electric info. This was the first desk top telephone automatic electric company made after the candlestick telephone. I got this phone in a second hand shop in middletown ny. A set of push buttons was mounted on the writing slope. Everything for you monophone deskset or wall telephone. Vintage automatic electric ae 40 monophone rotary telephone. For decades ae was a leading supplier of telephone equipment to independent nonbell telephone companies across the u.
Vintage automatic electric monophone yellow rotary dial. All the ae desktop handset phones before the mid sixties. Browse the best of ebay, connect with other collectors, and explore the history behind your favorite finds. Get the best deals on automatic electric telephone when you shop the.
It was used with a subset for the network and ringer. The following table lists the various lenses that were in common use, and their purpose or message. Rotary dial desk telephone gte automatic electric 1969. Telephone world pictures of automatic electric telephones. To use it, simply place your order and you will be able to choose store credit as the payment method when it comes time to pay for your order. The phone features a black bakelite handset cradled into the body.
A vintage ae 40 monophone model telephone by automatic electric, circa 1950s. Ae 40 telephone in collectible telephones 19401969 for. The first strowger telephones were modified from standard magneto telephones of the time. Here is a new rubber bottom gasket for your automatic electric monophone, ae40 and ae34 models. But this is by far the sharpest most deco telephone ever made. We have a large selection of automatic electric rotary dial telephones from the 1920s to. Hello select your address todays deals best sellers customer service find a gift registry new releases gift cards best sellers customer service. This combined phone includes all the components required to operate within the casing. Automatic electric ae40 art deco chrome bands trim. I have restored many phones and worked many hours on this bakelite phone meticulously disassembling, reassembling, polishing and buffing it to make it look as beautiful as it did. Patents 1,615,311 1,689,598 1,642,822 1,719,992, 1,738,919 to the.
Please check over the product pictures to get a close up of the condition details. Automatic electric company ae was the largest of the manufacturing units of the automatic. Now you can have a nice supple new gasket to replace your hard and cracked ones. Complete source for all antique automatic electric telephones. It was a telephone equipment supplier for independent telephone companies in north america, and also had a worldwide presence. Great deals from cnycollectiblestuff in telephonerelated. The goal of the organization is to educate the public, as well as the members of the corporation, regarding the history of telephony, the value of old telephones and related items, their collectability and preservation. Would make a good addition to your collection or for use as a.
Automatic electric monophone 1a desktop antique telephone. Name changed to automatic telephone and electric co ltd. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. They needed a businessman or syndicate to provide the business and finance skills they lacked. Automatic electric model 47 multiline monophone vintage. Would make a good addition to your collection or for use as a display item.
The strowger company was formed in 1891, founded by almon strowger inventor of the dial telephone and the strowger step by step telephone switching system. The automatic electric model 40 monophone was introduced in 1938. Ambitious and groundbreaking, electric shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on spotify. Automatic electric was founded in 1891 as strowger automatic telephone.
Ae 1a monophone desk set, 1a monophone with 5 leaf switch hook wired to western electric subset color annotation by vin dijohn and bobby koch. Unfollow automatic electric monophone to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Like western electric, another industryleading telephone equipment manufacturer located in the chicago area, automatic electric spent most of its history as a subsidiary of another company. In 1901 the name was changed to automatic electric. What is the different between a monophone and a triphone. About automatic electric automatic electric was founded as strowger automatic telephone exchange co. Automatic electric telephone dial number cards ae monophone dial cards. Several different lenses were in use in kerosene lanterns used on the railroads before the advent of electrical signaling. Automatic electric type 40 monophone telephone automatic electric monophone with a type 41 handset from the early 40s. It is sad but true that many of the worlds successful inventors were not capable of turning their invention into a production item. The rubber ring around the base shows some cracking from dry rot as pictured and the bakelite could use a good polish. Telephone collectors international was incorporated under the laws of the state of kansas on may, 1986. Early ae automatic electric phones were ugly and heavy i think the handsets were designed to.
Bulk cordage choose the number of conductors and color. Automatic electric was founded in 1891 as strowger automatic telephone exchange company by kansas city resident almon strowger, who invented the first automatic dial telephone switch in 1889, and a businessman named joseph harris. The ae1a monophone of 1925 was aes first handset the monophone was the handset itself, not the complete phone detail of monophone handset. Printed on the top of the handset cradle is automatic electric company chicago, made in usa, and the ae symbol to the right of the switchhook and monophone, reg. I could write a book about being a telephone operator. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The pronunciation of a word can be given as a series symbols that correspond to the individual units of sound that make up a word.
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Without these, many good inventions would have languished. This listing is not comprehensive, but should serve to give collectors a guide to automatic electric styles and model numbers. This original ae monophone 1a is made of bakelite and is highly polished. These are the hardest telephones to find in good shape. Strowger stickstrowger wallsunburststep base1a221 wall21 stick32344050 jukebox80183dialaphonestarlitestyleline. Antique and vintage automatic electric telephones collectors. The ae 40 model made a cameo appearance in the 1999 film the matrix. Gte automatic electric information telephone tribute. Within a decade magnetic tape supplanted phonograph records for radio music programming. We have a large selection of automatic electric phones. Antique automatic electric ae35 juke box wall monophone. Free automatic electric monophone telephone decal, hookup manual, schematic, wiring, dial removal, bell box wiring for automatic electric telephone models monophone 1a, ae1, ae1a, ae11a click on pictures below to print out decal page or schematic, wiring, dial removal, bell box wiring and dial mechanical information in pdf format. Get the best deal for collectible telephones pre 1940 from the largest online selection at.
A vintage automatic electric 1a model monophone telephone. Phillips electrical works owned by the automatic electric company a subsidiary of the theodore gary and company, which was located to the north of st. This is a vintage 1930s era automatic electric monophone rotary dial desk telephone looks to be a model ae40, but is not marked. From united statescustoms services and international tracking provided. Antique automatic electric monophone ae40 telephone ae34. Nowhere is this more evident than in the early and exciting history of the telephone industry. It also helps if you understand a little bit about the technology and history. Oct 06, 2015 from 1935 and until the mid 50s, strowgerae phones were manufactured by the eugene f. Vintage rotary phone, 1a highboy monophone, automatic electric. The following are representative pictures of automatic electric telephones. History deserves to be remembered recommended for you 16. The body is in very good condition with no breaks or cracks. This gasket is also for several stromberg carlson models including the 1212 fat phone. In the pre electric signal era, switching towers were required to keep three oil lamps burning at all times after dark.
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