ok..see if this works..i uploaded some photos to flickr of the phone that i have..maybe some of you can shed some light on it... hope this link works...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28176561@N08/
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csxengineer98 wrote: ok..see if this works..i uploaded some photos to flickr of the phone that i have..maybe some of you can shed some light on it... hope this link works... http://www.flickr.com/photos/28176561@N08/csx engineer
Activated that link for you.
Interesting device - can't say that I've ever seen one like it.
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....Looks a bit similar to an Army field telephone that connected to wires wherever they were available. {Korean War era}.
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i have been thinking about selling it..but would like to know at least its age and a good ballpark value...
I collect telephones, and so thought I throw in a little bit of information about the Automatic Electric Company.
Basically, Automatic Electric started out in Chicago in the late 1800s(around 1890, I think) as the Strowger Automatic Telephone exchange company. Almon Strowger was an undertaker who found that many calls for his business were being directed to a competitor, whose wife worked as an operator.
Strowger developed the first practical switching system, based on pulses of electricity from a dial. The system was sucessful enough that it continued to be used in smaller cities all the way up through the 1960s, and even in third world countries up through the 1990s.
The Bell System, of course, only ever used Western Electric telephones. Smaller local and/or private phone companies, however, including the railroad phone system, couldn't purchase Western Electric phones. Thus, Automatic Electric was one of the most popular suppliers of telephone equipment to such groups.The Automatic Electric company was the first to develop a telephone which contained the network, ringer, dial, hookswitch, and transmitter/receiver in one unit. Previous telephones would have a "deskset" that contained the hookswitch, dial, and transmitter/receiver, with a separate "subset" which contained the network and ringer. This was a big enough deal that Automatic Electric called their telephones so equipped "Monophones."
ben10ben wrote:I collect telephones, and so thought I throw in a little bit of information about the Automatic Electric Company.Basically, Automatic Electric started out in Chicago in the late 1800s(around 1890, I think) as the Strowger Automatic Telephone exchange company. Almon Strowger was an undertaker who found that many calls for his business were being directed to a competitor, whose wife worked as an operator. Strowger developed the first practical switching system, based on pulses of electricity from a dial. The system was sucessful enough that it continued to be used in smaller cities all the way up through the 1960s, and even in third world countries up through the 1990s. The Bell System, of course, only ever used Western Electric telephones. Smaller local and/or private phone companies, however, including the railroad phone system, couldn't purchase Western Electric phones. Thus, Automatic Electric was one of the most popular suppliers of telephone equipment to such groups.The Automatic Electric company was the first to develop a telephone which contained the network, ringer, dial, hookswitch, and transmitter/receiver in one unit. Previous telephones would have a "deskset" that contained the hookswitch, dial, and transmitter/receiver, with a separate "subset" which contained the network and ringer. This was a big enough deal that Automatic Electric called their telephones so equipped "Monophones."
SFbrkmn wrote:I have the Mopac book by Craig Minor. To me that photo of Jenks talking on the portable phone wearing his high water boots has to be one of the most powerfull rr pics of all times--just looking at it explains all. Minor is a retired history professor @ Wichita State Univ. He has written several books on rr history. He was my history professor @ WSU way back in the day. Man that guy was tough but I learned much from him and it worth the time & cost.
Your post is intriguing. Here is what I found on alibris.com, which has ithe book both new and used. Author is listed there as "H. Craig Miner" with an "e."
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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Texas a & M Univ Pr Date Published: 1984-01 ISBN-13: 9780890961599 ISBN: 089096159X
Description: Good. Dustjacket has edge bumping and shelfwear with a few edge chips. Pre-owners addr. lbl. on ffep. Text unmarked, pages clean and bright. Good solid binding. read more
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(Etc. etc., almost a whole page of listings from various suppliers.) If alibris dot com has it, a good chance at least some of the other big online services do too. -- sounds like a great book! - a.s.
Reffering to H.Craig as "Minor' was a typo error on my part and correct name is 'Miner' for those who may be doing a search.
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