Northern Electric Model 717 - White automobile 59a Dial Gasket for Western

59a Dial Gasket for Western Electric or Northern Electric 300 Type Telephones

Uses the 1A2 Key system to function

Western Electric manufactured the internal network

Measures 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 2" deep

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Northern Electric Model 717 - White automobile 59a Dial Gasket for WesternNorthern Electric 717 magneto wall phone with unified handset. Circa 1950s. Wood Wall phones were among the first phones that were made available to the public by the early telephone companies of the late 1900s. Most of these phones had self contained batteries to provide transmission power, and a magneto to generate the electricity required to ring the bells of the party being called. This strategy enabled telephone users to communicate with each