100 year old, Untouched Stick!

[DavePEI]

On April 22, 1913, the Ladies Aid Society and the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City, OK buried a chest in the basement of the church building. 100 years later, the time capsule was ready to be opened. Here is one of the items which was found, a desk phone from Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph. Look at the cords untouched for 100 years! Also notice the 1913 Oklahoma City Directory behind the phone in their photo: http://www.newslinq.com/the-century-chest/

[wds]

I sure would like to see that candlestick up close.

[dencins]

According to Google, Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph was a telco that eventually became part of Southwestern Bell.  I did not find anything that mentions manufacturing.  It would be interesting to see more of the telephone but to me it looks like a Kellogg(?) that would be in terrific condition.

Dennis Hallworth

[rdelius]

Agree about Kellogg,Rec not the same as the one usually assoated with Kellogg.I would assume the hard rubber? covering in the stem would look nice

[NorthernElectric]

Here is another photo of it from a different angle, found on the okhistory.org web site.

[Sargeguy]

Looks like they compiled the phone from various manufacturers' parts to suit their needs, a common practice by small independents.  No subset in the time capsule?

[wds]

That's the older style candlestick with the perch that resembles the Dean Candlesticks.  Now I really want to see it up close.  Kellogg also made a receiver like the one pictured - if only we could get our hands on it and take it apart.............

[wds]

We were talking a couple weeks ago about starting a thread to help identify these older receivers - companies like Kellogg and AE made many different versions of those receivers, and when I see an odd one it's easy to guess that its a off brand, but many times it's a brand name (Kellogg) that I haven't run across before. 

[rdelius]

Looks like a Western transmitter also