Classic early cradle phone styling in wonderful bakelite.
Designed to be used with an external subscriber set.
Set up for display.
Price: $150.
May be used as an answer-only extension with an optional external ringer box ($40-100), or an internal modern network ($25) to interface with the phone line.
Occasionally available in a dial version.
Strikingly different deco styling. One of the most
intricate bakelite phones ever made. Designed to be
used with an external subscriber set. Set up for
display.
May be used as an answer-only extension with an optional external ringer box ($40-100), or an internal modern network ($25) to interface with the phone line.
with Optional NU handset
and BPO dial
Canada's version of the Western Electric 302.
Electrically similar, but with a wider deco-styled base.
One of the early integrated phones including internal
network and ringer. Ready to plug in and use.
Price: $160.
Available with optional "NU" handset (Add $25) and/or
with BPO dial.
Occasionally available in mahogany bakelite
(brown). Stunning!
Wall model (No.2) also available.
First Kellogg phone with the network and ringer built
into the phone. Nicknamed "ashtray" due to the spherical
indentations in the base under the handset ends. An
unusual fashion statement. Ready to plug in and use. Note
that while the early production sets were bakelite, later
production sets have plastic bases and bakelite
handsets. Most of the bakelite bases found today
have chips or cracks.
Price: $300. (Limited availability.)
Available with optional Chromed fingerwheel or manual (no
dial).
Also, K700 manual "ashtray" with oval base.
Designed to be used with an external subscriber set.
Nicknamed the "Jukebox" due to its rounded top, this
phone is a Deco classic. It includes a LOUD
ringer. Ready to mount on the wall and use.
Price: $225. (Limited availability.)
Available with optional Chromed fingerwheel.
Occasionally available with optional chrome-banded
handset. (See Photo.)
Also available in desk models: AE40 (single line
- black or ivory), AE47 (2-line), and the earlier
AE34 (single plunger and older handset).
Occasionally available: AE35 (earlier wall phone
with no side vents and older handset).
Similar in appearance to the NE 1 (above), it has more rounded lines on the cradle and handset. Made in Galion, Ohio.
Price: $160.
Available with optional Chromed fingerwheel, or wall or
party line models.
(For background on North sets, click here.)
Stromberg Carlson 1212 (1935)
Classic early cradle phone styling in wonderful bakelite.
Complete phone including ringer, requiring no external
subscriber set.
Price: $225.
