Antique Stromberg Carlson Telephone Hand Crank Wall Box. This wall unit is approx 9 1/2" x 12" x 24" and weighs 25lbs. The phone is in a good, vintage condition and is missing the mouthpiece holder and there is light surface rust on the metal parts. Please see the images as they are part of the description. As one of the earliest telephone manufacturers, Stromberg-Carlson made devices that played important parts in history, from the phone used to call for an ambulance after President William McKinley was shot in 1901 to the military lines used at the Palace of Versailles during World War I. Founded by Alfred Stromberg and Androv Carlson in 1894, the year Alexander Graham Bell's original patent expired, the company grew to become one of the largest suppliers for the nation’s independent telephone lines.