Posted by Gene --Previous Message-- The bell and network were in a separate box. Typically, you'd mount the box under the desk somewhere and the phone went on the edge of the desk. They were popular in the stock brokerages in downtown San Francisco in the 60s.
on September 9, 2002, 6:37 pm
: I am looking to purchase one of the 1950s
: vintage rotary phones, vertically
: configured, that had a porcelein dial face
: standing out on its own, with a small box
: beneath it, and an integral bracket and
: cradle as a hangup-hook.
: The unit was typically mounted at the edge of
: a countertop or on a desk.
: I don't know where they hid the bell.
Voice quality wasn't too hot though.
We pulled many of those out in the 70s.
I bet they're hard to find now...
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