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Western Electric Telephones

This section is a reference to telephone sets made by Western Electric in the mid to late 20th century. A picture of an example of each set is shown if available.

50A1 50A1 A conference set, also known as the Portable Conference Telephone.
220 220 TRIMLINE rotary handset for use with TRIMLINE wall and desk sets, elevator sets, conference sets, transaction sets, and some DESIGN LINE sets. These sets are similar to the 226-type sets, but these sets have the larger plug for the cord between the handset and the base.
  226 TRIMLINE rotary handset for use with TRIMLINE wall and desk sets, elevator sets, conference sets, transaction sets, and some DESIGN LINE sets. These sets are similar to the 220-type sets, but these have the smaller modular plug and a built-in amplifier.
233G 233 3-Slot coin collector.
302 302 A single-line rotary desk telephone set.
500DM 500 A general purpose single-line rotary dial desk telephone set.
  502 A general purpose single-line rotary dial desk telephone set with an exclusion switch.
  503 A single-line rotary dial desk telephone set designed for use in conjunction with a data set.
  510 A single-line rotary dial desk telephone set with a "turn and push" button key that can be used for various signaling or switching applications.
  511 A two-line rotary dial desk telephone set.
  514 A single-line rotary dial desk telephone set equipped with a headset jack.
515BM 515 A two-line rotary dial desk telephone set equipped with a turn-key switch that allows switching between either line and the ability to place either line on hold.
  520 A rotary dial wall mount telephone set designed for use in explosive atmospheres.
  525 A rotary dial telephone designed for use a outdoor locations.
  554 A general purpose single-line rotary dial wall telephone set.
  555 A two-line rotary dial wall telephone set. This set is equipped with a turn-key switch that allows switching between either line and the ability to place either line on hold.
  563 5-line rotary telephone set with a headset jack. This set is designed to be used with a 1A, 1A1, or 1A2 key telephone system.
564H 564 5-line rotary telephone set for use with a key telephone system.
565HK 565 5-line rotary set for use with a key telephone system.
  581 The 581-type set consists of the components, including a dial, to be mounted in a customer-supplied telephone housing. These were frequently used to upgrade an older (such as a candle stick or wooden wall phone) telephone set to be able to be used with the current telephone network.
631DAMW 631 30-line Call Director rotary dial telephone set.
  637 30-line Call Director rotary dial telephone set.
  701 The 701 is the earlier version of the 702 Princess telephone set. This version did not include an internal ringer.
702BM 702 Rotary single line Princess telephone set.
851CM 851 5-line rotary wall telephone set for use with a 1A, 1A1, 1A2, or 6A key telephone system.
  852 9-line rotary wall telephone set for use with a 1A, 1A1, or 1A2 key telephone system.
872A1M 872 5-line rotary touch-a-matic telephone set for use with a key telephone system.
900B7 900 Rotary Design Line Exeter telephone set
  902 Rotary Design Line Sculptura (loop) telephone set.
  910 Rotary Design Line Stowaway telephone set
  911 Rotary Design Line Telstar telephone set
  921 Rotary Design Line Accent telephone set
  940 Rotary Design Line Celebrity telephone set
  950 Rotary Design Line Noteworthy telephone set
960A01M 960 Rotary touch-a-matic telephone set.
1500D 1500 Standard 10-button touch-tone single line desk telephone set.
1712B 1712 Two-line 10-button touch-tone Princess Telephone
  2220 TRIMLINE touch-tone rotary handset for use with TRIMLINE wall and desk sets, elevator sets, conference sets, transaction sets, and some DESIGN LINE sets. These sets are similar to the 2226-type sets, but these sets have the larger plug for the cord between the handset and the base.
  2226 TRIMLINE touch-tone handset for use with TRIMLINE wall and desk sets, elevator sets, conference sets, transaction sets, and some DESIGN LINE sets. These sets are similar to the 2220-type sets, but these have the smaller modular plug and a built-in amplifier.
2500MMG Clear 2500 Standard touch-tone single line desk telephone set.
2502BM 2502 Touch-tone single line desk telephone set with exclusion switch.
2503CMW 2503 Single line touch-tone set used for data service.
2565HKM 2565 5-line touch-tone set for use with a key telephone system
2631DAM1 2631 30-button, 29-line touch-tone Call Director
2636CAM 2636 18-button, 17-line touch-tone Call Director with headset amplifier and jack.
2662A1M 2662 5-line touch-tone Card Dialer telephone set.
  2671 Call-a-matic telephone set.
2702 2702 Single line touch-tone Princess telephone set
  2755 Apartment Door Answering telephone set
2852 2852 9-line touch-tone wall telephone set for use with a 1A, 1A1, or 1A2 key telephone system.
  2900 Touch-tone Design Line Exeter telephone set
  2902 Touch-tone Design Line Sculptura (loop) telephone set.
  2910 Touch-tone Design Line Stowaway telephone set
  2911 Touch-tone Design Line Telstar telephone set
  2921 Touch-tone Design Line Accent telephone set
  2950 Touch-tone Design Line Noteworthy telephone set
2960 2960 Touch-tone touch-a-matic telephone set.
5000AM 5000 Transaction telephone.
  D-180574 Coin decorator telephone set made from a 3-slot coin collector.

 

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