Ericofon - Sahara - Touch Tone Upgrade automobile Western Electric had done some

Western Electric had done some work on dial systems prior to 1919

Provide Visual Lamp Indication of Message Waiting and Ringing

I'm sure many of us can still remember those long phone calls on the old rotary dial telephone hanging on the kitchen wall

use on any standard phone line

and a desk phone with a magneto in the base

Ericofon - Sahara - Touch Tone Upgrade automobile Western Electric had done someHere is a pristine Ericofon that is "Sahara" (beige) 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 were