Yellow Trimline Rotary Dial Desk Phone Antique Phones When the Type 1 was

When the Type 1 was introduced in 1925 it was the first Monophone produced by Automatic Electric where the transmitter and receiver were both located in a common handset

This phone was manufactured at a time when the telephone company still owned all the telephone equipment that was attached to their lines

These unique phones were designed specifically for cramped environments like small apartments

The components are then cleaned

This phone comes fitted with a chrome switchook

Yellow Trimline Rotary Dial Desk Phone Antique Phones When the Type 1 wasAnother spectacular design by Henry Dreyfuss, this model was in development through the late fifties. The goal was to incorporate the dial with the handset. This presented a huge challenge as the dials of the time created a huge buldge around the centre of handset making it very uncomfortable to use. A breakthrough came in 1960 when the "space saver dial" was created. The fingerstop of this dial could actually move eliminating the need for a large gap