Different WE ? Dial Plate

[Doug Rose]

I was very tempted but I could not figure if the dial plate was dirty or cracked.  Kind of different. Notice the D marking on it?....Doug

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[Dennis Markham]

That is a very interesting piece.  Obviously those are radio station call numbers.  Maybe a direct line to each or did it actually tune a radio to that particular station?  Cool "phone".

[rdelius]

Remote control to select stations,possibly from a radio network master control. Note  NYC stations.Finger stop looks like #4

[Kenton K]

I saw that too. Looks like the one spot says "off".

[Dan/Panther]

Doug;
If you look closely at the other photos, you can see what appears to be brush bristles. I think that is what appears as a crack in the plate.
I wonder if it was a homemade remote radio dialer ? Philco had a unit similar back in the late 30's called the Mystery Dial. However that one used radio waves to transmit the different channels to the radio.
I have one of them packed away someplace. Here is a photo off Google of one of them. Remember, this was PRE-WAR WIRELESS REMOTE....Ironically with 10 select positions. Interesting I wonder if......Naw.


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[Doug Rose]

thans Dan...I felt it was a crack too, so I passed. Did you notice the D-95227 on the bottom of it? Dig yours out, it might be something....Doug