Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box shsdparentproduct and ready to work on

and ready to work on modern phone lines

Even if the phone is unplugged

Option to be used as either a desk or a wall phone

however the 202 was later commonly released with an F1 Handset

Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box shsdparentproduct and ready to work onStrowger 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