Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box On Sale rotary dials

rotary dials

* One-year warranty

This device requires an Eveready 455 Battery (45 volts - not included)

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These original feet have been disassembled

Strowger Dial Candlestick w/ Ringer Box On Sale rotary dialsStrowger 11 digit desk telephone 1905 The Strowger Potbelly Candlestick was the first commercially available dial telephone. Almon Brown Strowger was an undertaker in Kansas City in the late 1800s. He believed the local telephone operator was directing all business calls to his competitor, who also happened to be her husband. In order to give subscribers total control over their calls, Strowger invented the automatic telephone exchange a. k. a. dial