Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed This phone is "Mandarin" (dark

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

with full descriptions of the numerous telephone companies and manufacturers and

Western Electric 500 - 50's Style

A cloth covered modular line cord is also included

a chrome fingerwheel

Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed This phone is "Mandarin" (darkWestern 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.