Antique Telephone American Electric single box, Nice Clean Condition.

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Antique Telephone American Electric single box, Nice Clean Condition,.
Wow! Very Nice & Rare Antique American Electric Telephone Company, Chicago Ill., Oak Crank Wall Phone.
Circa:1900-1920's
Approx: 25 1/2” tall
Approx: 25 lbs total
Historic Americana! Great Display Quality & Collector piece. Lovely, Rich Grained Oak Crank Wall Phone by the American Electric Telephone Company, Chicago, Ill. Perfect display item to complement any antiqued room or other. We only dusted it off.
The oak cabinet looks mostly original from what I can see.
This phone is a real core part of phone history for collectors. The American Electric Telephone Company of Chicago was founded in 1894 by P.C. Burns of Kokomo, Indiana who later moved to the company to Chicago in 1897. This company grew quickly and acquired the Keystone Telephone MFG Co, and merged with the Victor Telephone MFG Co along the way among other growth & expansion efforts, before being later acquired by the Automatic Electric Company themselves. Despite this company's integral position as one of the earliest, most innovative and influential telephone and telephone accessories manufacturers in the US, relatively little detailed info seems to be written about them.
Please review all pictures taken for your consideration and use zoom if needed. We have tried to describe phone as best we can, but we are not perfect.
You can see most of the mechanical parts of the phone from our pictures as we opened up case and parts as best we could and feel free to ask questions.
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Great phone for the serious collector.
Looks almost new came from a state that had lots of well kept antiques.
The oak cabinet looks mostly original from what we can see.
American Electric Telephone Company used some Kellogg parts as many companies did at the time or if that was a later change. The mouth piece is clearly marked American Electric Company.
Condition is Used, and in very good condition.
The batteries were taken out years ago.
From a pet free and smoke free home 🏡.