Apparently some business owners in the US have been posting signs about wearing masks when people enter their business......
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@AE_Collector wrote:And the matching model 50 Wall Phone made from about 1940 until to 1957.
This one brings back memories of my teen years. That was the phone at home in Victoria BC.
Placed a few crank calls..."Have you got Prince Albert in a can ?"....
Another keeper:
And the last in the series, the AE 80E desk phone made from 1975 until about 1987 give or take. At this time with deregulation, cheaper phones from Asia began to flood North America and AE quit making telephones but the damage was done, AE completely went out of business a year or so later. They were huge in making switching equipment for Central Offices. AE was effectively the inventor of the Dial telephone and the dial Switching systems. Gone.... RIP AE.
And since I have posted the AE34 desk phone, then the new updated replacement... the AE40 desk phone (With companion AE50 wall phone) here is the next update. The AE 80 desk phone made from about 1956 until 1975.
I only have two phones built on his reproduced housings. This is the other one, also a reject as he put a crack in the side of this housing trying to pry it out of the mould. This is the predecessor to the AE40 (the clear phone). This is an AE34. They basically used the year of introduction as the model numbers then.
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I know its history. It is a real AE phone that likely had a smashed Bakelite housing. A guy I know in the mid west USA casts new telephone housings from resin as replacement parts or complete kits in lots of different colours as well as clear. This is one of his housing rejects, there was a little goof up inside with a threaded brass insert for a screw terminal that floated loose making it unusable to him as he puts 15-20 hours into each Complete phone and sells them complete for $800-$1200 US depending on the model. I got a great deal on it from him as while I am a serious collector, I’m not $800-$1200 US serious! Thus it didn’t come with the matching clear handset though I have discussed the possibility with him.
He casts them upside down in the mould. You can see the brass terminals inside. There should be one in the lower red circle but it wasn't fastened into the mould properly and it floated to the lowest point which is inside the top red circle, the top of the cradle ear. It is completely inside the resin of course, just nowhere near where it was supposed to be! Had it not been a clear phone case he would have assumed he missed putting it in place in the mould. But since it was a clear case he finally spotted it!
The manufacturer did make some originals of numerous models in clear. They were used as samples to phone companies and occasionally for employee gifts like Employment anniversaries with companies etc. The majority of the few clear ones from the 1940’s era turned a very dark Smokey colour with time rather than staying clear like this one will being made with much better products.
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And the matching model 50 Wall Phone made from about 1940 until to 1957.
The Automatic Electric Company Model 40 wasn't really available in a clear see through version but I have one anyway. They were mainly available in black Bakelite like this ones handset. This model was made from 1939 through 1957.
Hollow or fully of crap, 6 of one or half a dozen of the other.
I cant recall what I have and have not posted so far! This one makes a great cell phone for talk and text but the lack of a screen and data capability limits its functionality in the 21st century. Still, it is very rugged. It is an Automatic Electric from the teens or early 20’s.
I mentioned once before...my handle AE_Collector ... AE = Automatic Electric...
I'm sure everyone has seen this one before.
