Wood Shelf - High Slope - Professional Reproduction shsdchildproduct Original clear fingerwheel for Western

Original clear fingerwheel for Western Electric 500 type phone

Gray invented the early pay box and sold them to many telephone companies

the Model 40 was introduced

When it was introduced in 1946 it was the first "modern" wall phone made by Western/Northern Electric and it replaced many of the old wood phones that were still common at the time

Also of note was that the inductor coil was not in the set itself but rather inside the handset

Wood Shelf - High Slope - Professional Reproduction shsdchildproduct Original clear fingerwheel for WesternUnrefinished reproduction high slope wood shelf. Brackets are spaced 6 1 4 inches apart.