Signedstamped on back: WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
Inscribedstamped left side ringer box: PROPERTY OF NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.;
front of box above terms.: TYPE 43;
between bells: 1000;
on printed cloth: PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.;
stamped on back: PAT'D JAN. 19, 1897 WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
see file for others
Engraved in the wood panel in front of the binding posts, from left to right: 3 / 1 / 2
FunctionSignaling incoming calls to subscriber
ProvenanceJefferson Laboratory, Physics Department, Harvard University
Published ReferencesThis instrument is described in:
Thomas G. Hedberg, "Catalogue: Telephones, Phonographs and Related Instruments in The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University." William Andrewes, Project Director (unpublished manuscript, President and Fellows of Harvard College and Thomas G. Hedberg, 1989. Fifth Draft), p. 89.