Model 1198 Dial Deskset Antique Phones This is indicative of the

This is indicative of the age of the phone

Brown Northern Telecom Contempra with rotary dial and modular adapter

- Push button dialing in a rotary fashion plate

Finally we apply a three step plastic restoration compound

coin return and optional instruction frame have been refinished and professionally chrome plated

Model 1198 Dial Deskset Antique Phones This is indicative of theStromberg Carlson 1198. Bakelite case. Circa 1930s. Unlike Western Electric and Northern Electric which had very close ties to the Bell Telephone operating companies, Stromberg Carlson was an independent telephone manufacturer that supplied telephones to a variety of non Bell telephone companies. During the 1930s they introduced the 1197 and 1198 deskphones. These phones were made of bakelite, and like all phones of the era, they required a separate