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Wood wall-mounted telephones were the first phones put into wide circulation following Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1876. Typically tall and bulky, they needed several compartments to hold the batteries and magneto (a hand cranked generator to signal the operator). The earliest (and most valuable) wood phones were hand crafted of walnut. Later wood phones were mass-produced of oak, up through WW2.


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An Interview With Antique Telephone Collector Gary Goff

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The Telephone Archive

The Telephone Archive

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Ericofon.com

Ericofon.com

Richard Rose's tribute to the Ericofon, a colorful, stylish concept phone introduced in Europe in the 1950's and th… [read review or visit site]

Kelloggtelephone.com

Kelloggtelephone.com

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Old Telephones as Entertainment

Old Telephones as Entertainment

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1889 Elliott Telephone Co. 3 Box Walnut String Phone$338.55 Ends Sunday 7 bids 50 watchers
Antique Tombstone Oak Ericsson Wall Telephone Nice$255.77 Ends in 20 hours 13 bids 60 watchers
Vintage Western Electric 250w Oak Wall Phone$199.99 Ends in 29 mins 1 bid 3 watchers
Antique Western Elec Wooden/oak Wall- Crank Telephone$199.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 10 watchers
1919 Northern Electric Antique Wood Rotary Wall Phone.$127.00 Ends Sunday 11 bids 26 watchers
Antique Oak Kellogg S&s Co. Wall Telephone Hand Crank $102.50 Ends Monday 5 bids 34 watchers
Antique Kellogg Oak Wall Mount Telephone Cathedral Top$85.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 15 watchers
Antique Kellogg Crank Wall Telephone Oak Ca Early 1900s$76.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 30 watchers
1903 Walnut German Wall Telephone Cf Lewert J Berliner $76.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 27 watchers
Early Oak Russell-tomlinson Electric Company Wall Phone$72.00 Ends Sunday 6 bids 28 watchers
Vintage Western Electric 250w Oak Wall Phone$50.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Antique Western Electric Wooden Wall Telephone Parts Nr$39.99 Ends in 23 hours 1 bid 15 watchers
Antique Kellogg Oak Wall Phone For Parts Or Repair$39.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 8 watchers
Vintage Refurbished Rotary Wall Phone - Oak$30.00 Ends in 16 mins 5 bids 7 watchers
Antique Oak Crank Telephone Wall Type Nr$24.99 Ends in 1 hour 1 bid 1 watcher
Automatic Electric Co. Black Wood Box Telephone$16.50 Ends in 22 hours 4 bids 5 watchers
Vintage Deco-tel Personal Phone In Wood & Leather Box$9.99 Ends in 48 mins 1 bid 5 watchers
Rare Antique Intercom Oak Telephone Set C 1900 Nr$6.50 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 27 watchers
Antique Wooden Telephone Intercom$0.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 4 watchers

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