ATEA dual network phone: Ateaphone 40

Origin: Atea, +/-1935

Obtained in 2013

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This phone has a dial to go on the public network, but also a crank to reach a phone at a local network. By means of an external switch, the user could change the network. Typical for a small business, where the "boss" <was capable of making external phonecalls, but not his secretary.

 

 
Excerpt from a  1940 ATEA catalog "telephones  
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How did I obtain this phone?

I bought this phone in a second hand store in Brasschaat, Belgium.


Last changed on 12/03/20 by  Jan