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A Bell System Pick

Started by aftermathantiques, March 12, 2013, 05:30:24 PM

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aftermathantiques

Excellent info! Makes sense. Thank you everyone for pitching in your thoughts. I guess now all there is to do is to throw it out to the WWW wolves to see how much I can get for it.

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Jim Stettler

Quote from: cello973 on March 12, 2013, 08:48:49 PM
Actually it is and isn't a prop... I remember these from Junior High englis class and they were provided by the BOCs on a loaner basis so that we may learn proper telephone etiquette. The instructophone system was nothing more than a dial intercom system that came in a suitcase I remember that we had two or three desk sets one of which was a key telephone and at one time I did see a similar payphone mock up similar to the one pictured. I do remember the bell system tech coming in to set it up in the class room.
The suitcase style were called teletrainers. In 1966-67 Bell came to my Kindergarden class with a set of green teletrainer phones and base unit.
In this case the phones were a 500 and 1500. The teletrainer was the first telephone item I remember coveting.
Jim
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