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An Old Telephone From.........The '50s Maybe? [message #92199]

Sat, 22 August 2020 15:41

The Noise
Messages: 164
Registered: October 2012

Master

I'm going to describe something that I can only assume was a telephone that I saw in a house last week and I would like to know if anyone here knows what I'm talking about. When it was made, who made it, among other things.

The box was rectangular, wood, mounted on a wall, had a number pad for "dialing" and a part of the wood structure was cut out for, I'm assuming, a speaker with cloth over the cut-out. In a way, it looks like it would be part of an intercom system within the house, but it did have a keypad. It did not have handset for talking, so I'm assuming there was a button or 2 you could push to hear and be heard.

I Googled for a while and I just couldn't find it.

I am really interested to know what that was.

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Re: An Old Telephone From.........The '50s Maybe? [message #92204 is a reply to message #92199]

Sun, 23 August 2020 13:11

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18758
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

The earliest phones were in wood boxes like you describe. But the intercom feature sounds like something custom, perhaps made specifically for the house.

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Re: An Old Telephone From.........The '50s Maybe? [message #92214 is a reply to message #92204]

Wed, 26 August 2020 10:06

Csharp
Messages: 86
Registered: April 2012

Viscount

That would explain why Google couldn't find it I suppose. Have you tried Pinterest? It sounds like an interesting piece of equipment at the very least.

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Re: An Old Telephone From.........The '50s Maybe? [message #92219 is a reply to message #92214]

Wed, 26 August 2020 21:10

gofar99
Messages: 1942
Registered: May 2010
Location: Southern Arizona

Illuminati (5th Degree)

Hi, I would guess it was an intercom as well. The speaker is the giveaway. In many intercoms they were used for both listening and talking. There is likely a push to talk switch on it somewhere.

Good Listening
Bruce

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Re: An Old Telephone From.........The '50s Maybe? [message #92224 is a reply to message #92219]

Thu, 27 August 2020 21:15

The Noise
Messages: 164
Registered: October 2012

Master

Yeah it does look more like an intercom than a phone. The keypad through me off though.

It went well with all other furnishings in the house. It all was dated, but very classy.

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