Telephone Museum by Phone Wizard

Some of my favorite telephones

Western Electric 282A Peg Dialer 1902

1902 Western Electric 282A Peg Dialer

The peg dialer was introduced in Queens, New York in 1902. Only 40 other systems were installed in small communities in the northeast. The switching system was Bell's answer to a dialing system. Most of the systems were discontinued when they outgrew the 100 line capacity. The peg dialer was produced by Western Electric between 1902 and 1904. Bell discontinued the Queens system in 1904. In 1916 that Bell bought the patents from Automatic Electric Company for the dial system and then introduced the dial telephone in 1919

1878 Charles Williams Coffin Telephone

Made for the National Bell Telephone Company

This is 1878 Charles Williams telephone commonly called a "Coffin" telephone. It was made for the National Bell Telephone Company. This phone is the first magneto signaling telephone. It is sound powered. You talk and listen into the receiver. Later in order to improve the talk volume a Blake transmitter and battery was added externally to the phone. This early phone was made only 2 years after the telephone was invented in 1876.

1878 Charles Williams Coffin Telephone

Bell's First Commercial Telephone 1877

Bell's First Commercial Telephone 1877

Reproduction by Arthur Grey Kruger

1947 WE Clear Case Phone

1947 WE Clear Case Phone

Western Electric 26

Western Electric 26

1923

Kellogg 150G Switchboard

Kellogg 150G Switchboard

Federal and Century Split Shaft Phone

Federal and Century Split Shaft Phone

Grammont Paris France

Grammont Paris France

Western Electric 208

Western Electric 208

Extremely rare

Western Electric Special Type 282A

Western Electric Special Type 282A

100 station peg dialer

1902 Ericsson 388

1902 Ericsson 388

Reproduction

1905 Strowger Wall Phone

1905 Strowger Wall Phone

WE 202 Clear Case

WE 202 Clear Case

By Ray Kotke

American Electric No. 37

American Electric No. 37

1916 Limousine Telephone

1878 Charles Williams Coffin Telephone

1878 Charles Williams Coffin Telephone

Made for the National Bell Telephone Company

Grey 23-D Early String Phone

Grey 23-D Early String Phone

Circa 1880s

1916 Ericsson Interphone

1916 Ericsson Interphone

Strowger Candle Stick

Strowger Candle Stick

WE 565 HK Marbleized Plastic

WE 565 HK Marbleized Plastic

Pigart Lebas Paris France

Western Electric A1

Western Electric A1

Vanity Phone Close Up

Vanity Phone Close Up

Grey 10A Shield Payphone

Grey 10A Shield Payphone

On a Kellogg wood phone

American Electric No. 37

American Electric No. 37

Eiffel Tower Telephone

Eiffel Tower Telephone

WE Space Saver Field Trial Tone Dial

WE Space Saver Field Trial Tone Dial

American Electric Bell Number 9

American Electric Bell Number 9

1898 Stromberg-Carlsen

1898 Stromberg-Carlsen

Watson Thumper 1877

Watson Thumper 1877

Reproduction by John Infurna

Western Electric 130 Doughnut Phone

Western Electric 130 Doughnut Phone

Western Electric GN4676

Western Electric GN4676

WE3565 Autovon Key Set

WE3565 Autovon Key Set

American Electric Bell Number 10

American Electric Bell Number 10

1884

1884 Vanity Long Distance Phone

1884 Vanity Long Distance Phone

Western Electric 22K Speaking Tube

Western Electric 22K Speaking Tube

Gallows Telephone 1875

Gallows Telephone 1875

Reproduction

Western Electric 43AB With Railroad Subset

Western Electric 43AB With Railroad Subset

Very rare

1932 WE Field Test Phone D95137

1932 WE Field Test Phone D95137

Very rare

1012 WE Switchboard

1012 WE Switchboard