Potbelly Desk Stand Telephone with Strowger Switch, circa 1890

Telephone

circa 1890

Telephone switch designed by Almon B. Strowger. Manufactured by Automatic Electric Company and Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, both of Chicago, Illinois

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

On transmitter face: AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC CO. / CHICAGO, ILL On dial: TO CALL / LONG DISTANCE / DIAL 110 / OPERATOR Plate in center of dial: AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC COMPANY / CHICAGO, U.S.A. / PATENTED Cutout on switch hook: A On receiver: KELLOGG S. & S. CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A.