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Started by BDM, February 25, 2009, 12:50:39 AM

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BDM

Kellogg
http://tinyurl.com/be3gnp

NOS 5302 shells
http://tinyurl.com/bjksnn

Two Stromberg-Carlson phones
http://tinyurl.com/amxjx9

302 non-dial. Nothing special, but it will be a nice looking dial set when I get done....Oh wait, "LUCY PHONE"
http://tinyurl.com/awddrt
--Brian--

St Clair Shores, MI

Konrad

I was watching those 5302 shells.  If you ever want to part with one for a reasonable price let me know.

Konrad

BDM

--Brian--

St Clair Shores, MI

McHeath

Nice collection of goodies.  Those shells are pretty neat, still wrapped and all.  Love finding old stuff like that, never used, still packed, very cool.

I see a lot of 302s come up in my travels with blank dials, were they common?

benhutcherson

Looks like you got some good buys there, and some interesting items. I really like the still-wrapped 5302 shells.

Those Stromberg-Carlsons are interesting as well-I've always like the "chopped off corner" SC phones.

BDM

Quote from: McHeath on February 25, 2009, 11:43:02 PM
Nice collection of goodies.  Those shells are pretty neat, still wrapped and all.  Love finding old stuff like that, never used, still packed, very cool.

I see a lot of 302s come up in my travels with blank dials, were they common?

During their day, I believe over 80% plus of the phone service, just prior to WWII was still manual. Can't back it up, just something I remember reading. As dial service came in, Bell, and the independents simply added the dials. So, I'm sure several are still around. Figure also, the 302 was coming to an end, as dial service exchanges were being setup like a wild-fire, and the 500 was coming into service at the same time. This rapidly displaced the 302, so many were moth-balled in favor of the 500 set, or rebuilt into a 5302. Notice non dial 500s rarely show up?

Two reasons in my opinion. More were built with dial, those that weren't later received a dial and stayed in service another 30 years.
--Brian--

St Clair Shores, MI

Dennis Markham

Also, a lot of your non-dial phones were used in places that just wanted extensions with no dial capability.  Like in hotel lobbies, hospitals, schools, etc.  So I think there was still a use for them late into their production.  We had non-dial sets in police dispatch right through the 90's.  They were "hot lines" to other offices, or to the Fire Dept., etc.  As soon as the handset was picked up the phone was ringing.

benhutcherson

Based on what I've seen, non-dial 500s seem to be rare in any color other than black or red.

Since there was a non-dial 500 in the Taylor's living room in Mayberry, does that mean that we can call non-dial 500s the "Andy Griffith Phone?"