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and leaves the Bakelite with a smooth factory-like finish

Prestine Stromberg Carlson metal fingerwheel

A Northern Electric Rotary Dial Lineman's Test Set based on a Contempra Telephone handset

Ericofon - Harvest Gold - Touch Tone Upgrade shsdparentproduct and in 1950's Leich wasHere is a pristine Ericofon. This phone is "Harvest Gold" in color. History The Ericofon was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gsta Thames, Ralph Lysell, and Hugo Blomberg. The two major components of the telephone, the handset and the dial, are combined in a single unit. This one piece design anticipated the evolution of the typical cordless phone and cell phone by several decades. Serial production began in 1954. Early models