Automatic Electric - Type 1A automobile The Western Electric Number 20

The Western Electric Number 20 series Candlestick telephones made their debut in 1904

No more waiting for that rotary dial to make its excruciating slow rotation

Complete with internal network

Created by famed industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss

This closely resembles the finish on the original candlestick

Automatic Electric - Type 1A automobile The Western Electric Number 20History When the Type 1 was introduced in 1925 it was the first Monophone produced by Automatic Electric where the transmitter and receiver were both located in a common handset. The phone was available in 9 different colors with either chromium or gold metal fittings. Although this phone does not contain a ringer in it's current configuration, we do offer external ringers as an option . The phone has been tested and comes with our standard 1 year