Telephone, First in Montgomery County, New York, 1881

Telephone

1881

Telephone manufactured by Standard Electrical Works, Cincinnati, Ohio for distribution by American Bell Telephone Company, headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Purchased from Commercial Telephone Company, Albany, New York.

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

plaque: Manuf'd for American Bell Telephone Co. by Standard Electrical Works., Cinncinnati, O. handwritten, interior: 1st in Montgomery County, N.Y. $12.80 April 1881 Bought from Commercial Telephone Co. Albany, N.Y.