Strowger Dial Candlestick shsdchildproduct or ITT 564 Multiline 1A2

or ITT 564 Multiline 1A2 Key telephone station

In the early days they were set up on the hotel front desk for guests to use

Classic Chest phone design

The phone measures approximately 10" x 8" x 7" high and is very eye catching

This is the same process the phone companies used to refurbish their own telephones

Strowger Dial Candlestick shsdchildproduct or ITT 564 Multiline 1A2Strowger 11 digit desk telephone 1905 The Strowger Potbelly Candlestick was the first commercially available dial telephone. Almon Brown Strowger was an undertaker in Kansas City in the late 1800s. He believed the local telephone operator was directing all business calls to his competitor, who also happened to be her husband. In order to give subscribers total control over their calls, Strowger invented the automatic telephone exchange a. k. a. dial