Intercom Telephone

Object/Artifact

Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Intercom Telephone

Entry/Object ID

1000.1801.91

Description

Telephone, Intercom

Collection

Dave Baer

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Automatic Electric Co.

Notes

possible date made: ca 1930s model name: AM-63

Color

Black

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Intercom Telephone Automatic Electric Co. ca 1930s This unusual-looking telephone has only six buttons instead of the standard nine and has an additional four-button dial attached. This phone was more likely attached to an internal system than connected to the wider phone network.

General Notes

Note

6 button telephone dial arrange in circle, separate 4 button unit (unknown if 4 button dial is from the same system, cradle base pat no. 1,738,939.