Northern Electric question

[poplar1]

Did Northern Electric ever manufacture 51AL desk stands (dial candlesticks)? The only ones I have seen in T3 and T6 catalogs are the N50AL and N150AL:

T3 (1927)                          N50AL
T6 1st Ed  ( ?*)                 N50AL
T6 2nd Ed (1937)              N50AL and N150AL

"Calling Dials" (dials)
T3             N9 and N10
T6 1st       N13 and N14
T6 2nd      no dials listed?
T7 (1947) 5H  

*date of T6 1st Ed. is shown as 1933 on TCI members' site, but it includes E1E handset with 625A transmitter, which contains an F-1 transmitter unit; also shows a 3-3 Uniphone which is the same mounting as a WE G-1 (211). The F1 transmitter unit and  211 were not being produced yet in 1933 by WE, so it's very doubtful that they were being made by NE that early.

[tallguy58]

That's what I was trying to figure out in my thread. An image search on the net revealed many 51AL and 151AL NE desk stands.  I'm wondering when they started making them?

[Jack Ryan]

WE made a 51-AL to simplify the wiring of their 50-AL. The 51-AL terminates the cords in the base rather than within the handle.

The NE 50-AL has a terminal block in the base already so there was no need for an NE 51.

NE upgraded their 50-AL to AST and called it a 150-AL; there was no NE 151-AL

Jack