Western Electric No. 51AL Reproduction Candlestick Telephone Antique Phones Handset – The F1 handset

Handset – The F1 handset has been ultrasonically cleaned to get all imbedded debris out

we have added chrome plated handset bands

The Western Electric candlestick phone was manufactured

This phone features a chrome plated body with matching chrome bands on the handset

you will also need to add the pulse to tone converter option

Western Electric No. 51AL Reproduction Candlestick Telephone Antique Phones Handset – The F1 handsetReproduction 51AL black dial candlestick with modern network ringer. Almon Strowger filed his patent for the dial in 1891 and by the early part of the century, the Automatic Electric Company's dial exchanges were being implemented by independent telephone companies across the US. Western Electric had done some work on dial systems prior to 1919, but it was ultimately an operators strike in Boston that shut down telephone service that ultimately