Much harder to find than its Western Electric counterparts.
A few minor cosmetic issues. Email for details and more photos.
$1000 or trade involving a set of similar scarcity and interest.
(Modified Western Electric 3568HT AUTOVON set)
(SOLD. I am cataloging a similar set. Email for details.)
Keyset with the 66-type dial including FO, F, I and P button column.
This one is a military version with a huge line cord and large plug on the end. There's minor damage on the back around the cord hole (which had to be enlarged for this special line cord.
This is an unusual variation of an unusual keyset!
Email for details and more photos.
2-line wall phone with exclusion key and line signaling. Check for colors and variations available. Only a few left.
Price: $150.
Click for larger view
(Other 2-line phones are usually available.)
Early version in the 500 series, included the original
425A network and a terminal strip for handset
connections. Standard 500 black case, similar to the
WE500D.
Price:$180.
Other collectible 500-series variations are
available. Email for details.
Early large format with huge on/off switch and "space-age" styled speaker. Normally available in black.
Email for availability
and price of other variations and colors.
Occasionally available in green or beige.
Developed before all
exchanges went touchtone, so you could dial your
computerized service using the rotary dial, then talk to
the service using the touchtone pad. (Uses the same
basic case as the 880, but is NOT a speakerphone.)
You can dial with either method, so it makes an
interesting (and useful) display of the transition period
from rotary dial service to touchtone.
Currently
available in beige. Only one left.
(SOLD. I have a similar item coming.)
This case was used in the
Training Department of New Jersey Bell to teach
students how to manage a collection route.
It is in excellent condition.
Includes 4 coin cans for single slot payphones, T handle, Out of service cards (back in Spanish), Out of Service sticker booklet, instruction cards, coin envelopes, a few tools, miscellaneous screws, etc.
Empty cases with dividers for 4, 6 or 9 coin collection cans.
Apparently unused (or gently used).
A wonderful example of thorough packaging. The 6 terminal block and cover are first wrapped in brown paper, then inserted in a foil lined hermetically sealed bag, then boxed. Keeps the spare parts as good as new for generations. Anchor logo on the label suggests a Navy order -- your tax dollars at work. Label on bag and box reads:
STK.NO.3Z770-6.14
1
EACH
BOARD
TERMINAL
W.E.CO.CONN.BLOCK
12-F
ORDER
NO.18582-PH-51-14
CP
10/51
WESTERN
ELECTRIC CO.
CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.
Yours will be NOS and unopened!
Here's another extreme packaging example... a simple 2 1/8" diaphragm packed with a sack of dehydrating agent in corrugated cardboard in a foil lined hermetically sealed bag. Packed 32 to a carton. Wouldn't want your diaphragm stock getting bent or rusty! Notice the similarity of labeling:
1 ea. Diaphragm:Receiver
Stock No. 4B721-3/5
Part No. AutoElec. #D-38194
Item No. 36
Order
No. 21734-PH-45-26
VPP
6/45
WICKES ENGR. & CONSTR. CO.
CAMDEN, N.J.
"PACKED WITH DEHYDRATING AGENT ---
DO NOT OPEN UNTIL READY FOR USE."
Yours will be NOS and unopened!
Used under manual switchboards to retract cords, returning the jacks to the rest position. Cords were threaded around the pulley, which is just above the weight.
Marked 119 on one side and P287992 on the other side. 4 3/8" high.
