Strowger Automatic Electric Candlestick, Ca. 1907.
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With three-wire, 11-finger-hole dial and cut-out "A" in switch hook. Marked "AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC CO. / PATENTED IN U.S.A. MAY 19, 1906. / CHICAGO, ILL." on transmitter face plate and "AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC COMPANY. / CHICAGO.U.S.A. / PATENTED" on dial face. Dial face has paper label that reads "Teaneck." Dial rotates. Overall excellent condition. Replacement receiver cord and felt base cover. No line cord or subset. Has ca. 1917 Mute-a-Phone privacy speaking attachment on transmitter. Lot includes framed ca. 1905 stereograph card of Sears, Roebuck & Co. president R. W. Sears with Strowger dial telephone.
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Strowger Automatic Electric Candlestick, Ca. 1907.
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
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