Museum Artifact: Monophone 1A – Desktop Rotary Telephone, c. 1930s
Made By: Automatic Electric Company, 1001 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, IL [West Loop]
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Museum Artifact: Monophone 1A – Desktop Rotary Telephone, c. 1930s
Made By: Automatic Electric Company, 1001 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, IL [West Loop]
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Automatic Electric, subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics, (GT&E) is located in Northlake Illinois and was credited with the invention of the Strowger Switch leading to automatic dialing.
http://www.strowger.net/automatic-electric-2/
I have an old sawmill with an Automatic Electric Company badge on it. Has this company ever diversified with sawmills? I can send pictures if you would like.
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