Red Phones

[Dennis Markham]

I thought the dial almost looks like a touch tone pad.  Is it?

[teka-bb]

I thought the dial almost looks like a touch tone pad.  Is it?

No, it's a rotary phone. Maybe a should make a little video showing how the dial "works"?

[Dennis Markham]

Remco, I see that first red phone you posted is also in your signature at the bottom of your posts. 

[Doug Rose]

My favorite red phone, from 1958.

Jorge...beautiful phone!....Doug

[Dennis Markham]

This is my favorite Cherry Red phone (at the moment).  It was born 7 days before I was back in April of 1955.  The housing is dated 4-15-55.  It's an eBay phone.  It lived its life in the Birmingham, Alabama area.

[Kenny C]

no red phones now (but dont worry i am fixing to fix that)

[AE_Collector]

Harry, I agree......that mushroom phone that Jorge refurbished IS one beautiful phone.

Well, I don't know,.....It's not as though Jorge has any "UGLY phones". At least he doesn't show us any "ugly phone" pictures until the time that we can no longer relate the picture of the "Beautiful Phone" sitting on the concrete block wall in his front yard to the "ugly phone" pictures...

Terry

[bingster]

I've often worried about the proximity of those delicate finishes on that wall of his.

[JorgeAmely]

This is my favorite Cherry Red phone (at the moment) ...

Dennis:

Here is his lost "compadre" also a birthday phone for me.

[JorgeAmely]

Another nice two tone in red and black.

[JorgeAmely]

And to make Ken # 1 and Terry happy, an AE80 also. Made in 1959 in has a thick finger wheel and chromed plungers.

[rdelius]

Are red type 80s hard to find everywhere? I have lived in GTE country (Durham NC and Dunedin FL.from 1965. I have only found 2 local ones. Both are the earlier series with loop adjustment,Painted neoprene cords,chrome ring on fingerwheel etc.My father worked for GTE and never saw one.
Robby

[JorgeAmely]

The shiny one pictured two posts below came from Greenfield, Illinois. This one (picture attached) came from South Carolina. Unfortunately, it had a broken, dented housing and I used it for parts.

I use this automatic search in ebay :

(automatic electric, a e, ae, monophone, leich, gte, chicago) under the category:

Collectibles > Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone > Telephones

and once in a while one shows up. You can set up ebay to send you an email when something new shows up that matches this category.

[Dennis Markham]

Great photos, Jorge.  Is that trick photography??

[JorgeAmely]

Great photos, Jorge.  Is that trick photography??

Dennis: It is called "elbow grease, then photography". I learned it from you.