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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TripleA, post: 190472, member: 3492&quot;]I pulled this telephone out of storage where it has been for about 20 years or so.&nbsp; My grandmother gave it to me out of her attic, but I have no idea where she got it from.&nbsp; She was a telephone operator at some point in the late 40s or early 50s.&nbsp; I would like to know more about it so that I can research the value. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have only been able to find one other like it on the internet, it was on a collector&#039;s site on a &quot;show and tell&quot; thread.&nbsp; I replied to that post but I don&#039;t think I will hear back because the original post was a year ago.&nbsp; I am going to attach his picture as well as my own because that picture is much clearer than mine; however, I just want to make it clear that the first photo is NOT my piece, but the second and third photo are my own. </p><p><br /></p><p>The information on the other person&#039;s photo states this, &quot;This is a Western Electric Bell System manual ring-down phone that was installed on the floor on the New York Stock Exchange in December of 1930 (according to a tag inside the phone) and used until the early 1980s when the NYSE was migrating to more modern multi-key units. I&#039;m guessing many of these units didn&#039;t survive and I can only speculate on its rarity.&quot;&nbsp; I have googled until my fingertips hurt, and I can&#039;t find anything to back up this information.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the handles of the receivers it says &quot;Bell System&quot; and then under that &quot;Western Electric Company.&quot;&nbsp; On mine there is a small piece of paper inside the box that I can&#039;t get a clear photo of but it does say &quot;December 1930&quot; and then has an inspector number handwritten.&nbsp; I cannot find any other markings. </p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate any information or speculation that you may have.&nbsp; TIA.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not my photo - it is from a collector&#039;s website, but it is much clearer than my photos.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]53669[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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