Strowger Dial

[FABphones]

I came across this Science Museum Group webpage:
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co33202/strowger-calling-dial-1900-telephone-component

For those of us not lucky enough to own one, it shows a few nice close up images:

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Thanks CJ

I'll put these pictures in my Strowger file.

[phonium]

Looks like one used earlier than most, as it has the steerhorn hookswitch without a ball at the end. The dial card is also early. Might be from a strowger "Bullseye" 2 box.

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I noticed only 10 digits.

[phonium]

I noticed the numbers are in reverse...

Doesn't look like it to me. The 1 is still closest to the fingerstop, am I missing something?

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Doesn't look like it to me. The 1 is still closest to the fingerstop, am I missing something?

Nope, I must be dyslexic.    I'll correct it.

[Jack Ryan]

Looks like one used earlier than most, as it has the steerhorn hookswitch without a ball at the end. The dial card is also early. Might be from a strowger "Bullseye" 2 box.

Only the 1904 model had a steer horn hook with balls at the end. It was also for first model to have 11 finger holes.

The 4 or 5 models before it had pointy horns. The dial pictured looks like the 1901 model which is fairly early - it's the 4th model.

I noticed only 10 digits.

Only the 1904 and 1905 models had 11 finger holes. The models before that had 10 finger holes.

Jack