Automatic Electric No. 3 - Black with Brass Trim Antique Phones but the case is much

but the case is much wider when viewed from the front

British GPO 232 with Bell Box Extension

Both the green handset and line cord are original to the piece

and the subset plugs into a phone jack that is provisioned with telephone service

and a chrome "pickup" bar under the handset

Automatic Electric No. 3 - Black with Brass Trim Antique Phones but the case is muchAutomatic Electric were the first North American company to manufacture a self contained deskset. The result were the Automatic Electric 2 and 12. These phones were made of bakelite and the very next year, AE introduced the simlar 3 and 13 phones. The biggest difference here was the 3 and 13 were made of metal and wall mountable. This phone here is a number 3. The unmistakable profile of this phone is great example of the evolution of the deskset. The