Western Electric 202 - Deep Red automobile thereby disconnecting the audio circuit

thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the telephone network

and ready to work on modern phone lines

Type of Packaging - Brown Box

This is more than common considering this phone is reapidly approaching 100 years old

Western Electric 202 - Deep Red automobile thereby disconnecting the audio circuitNorthern or Western Electric Model 202. F 1 Handset, Refinished in Red, Network included. The Western Electric and Northern Electric 102 202 series telephones were the first widely distributed phones which adopted the use of a single handset rather than a separate transmitter and receiver. The Model 102 B1 mount was available from 1928 1930 and is characterized by a round base and raised dial. In 1930 the Model 102 was modified with an elongated ovoid