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The Globe dialing unit is mounted on a extra long single box kellogg wall phone. The Globe Automatic Telephone Co like so many other manufactures of automatic telephone were up against the front runner
Automatic Electric Co who were manufacturing the Strowger system.
Globe and National Automatic Telephone Co went out of business by 1911.
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I had a chance to by another Bell System shade, but the deal fell through. The seller decided to keep it.
I really, really, really like the Globe Automatic phone.
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