Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box shsdparentproduct Molded Bakelite construction with a

Molded Bakelite construction with a solid brass dial

Made from hard rubber

and ready to work on modern phone lines

Green or Red/Blue Rattlesnake

an optional ringer can be purchased separately to notify of you incoming calls

Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box shsdparentproduct Molded Bakelite construction with aStrowger 11 digit desk telephone 1905 The Strowger Potbelly Candlestick was the first commercially available dial telephone. Almon Brown Strowger was an undertaker in Kansas City in the late 1800s. He believed the local telephone operator was directing all business calls to his competitor, who also happened to be her husband. In order to give subscribers total control over their calls, Strowger invented the automatic telephone exchange a. k. a. dial