Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed Washington

Washington

This phone is "Mandarin" (dark orange-red)in color

This Network also works great for getting an old woodwall telephone up and running again

*Please note* the dial plate under the overlay may not necessarily match the overlay

very few in stock

Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed WashingtonWestern Electric E1 Handset with seamed handle and caps Here is an all original seamed E1 handset. The postwar effort devolped the first standard handset and that result was the E1. This handset was first produced in late 1926, and these units were equipped with the "dome" transmitter. The E1 handset is made of Bakelite, a phenol plastic first synthesized in 1907. bakelite is heat resisitant and also resisits most ordinary solvents.