Strowger Dial Candlestick shsdchildproduct instruction frame

instruction frame

you will need to add an external ringer as an option to your order

In the early days they were set up on the hotel front desk for guests to use

Various sizes available

Classic Chest phone design

Strowger Dial Candlestick shsdchildproduct instruction frameStrowger 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