Princess-Style Key Chains These are the original Princess-style telephone key chains from the 1960s and 1970s. The key chains come complete with a metal beaded chain which measures 4" in length in the open position.
Available in: Pink, Peach, Beige/Tan, Blue, White, Turquoise/Aqua and Moss Green.
All colors (except pink) $3.00 each Pink & peach $5.00 each
Trimline-Style Key Chains These are the original Trimline-style telephone key chains from the 1960s and 1970s. The key chains come complete with a metal beaded chain which measures 4" in length in the open position.
Available in: Tan, Light Green, Red and Yellow.
All colors $5.00 each
Vintage Bell System Pencil Sharpeners
1" diameter. NOS (New Old Stock) $3.00 each
Embossed Aluminum SWBT Pole Tags
Original. NOS (New Old Stock) $3.00 each
Salesman Sample Telephones
1960s Salesman Sample Telephones These are New Old Stock (NOS) rotary dial desk telephone "Salesman Samples" from the 1960s. They were used as a sales tool to show customers other colors that were available for the Western Electric 500 rotary dial desk telephone.
Measures 4 3/8" long x 2 3/4" wide x 2 1/2" tall.
NOTE: These items are for display purposes only, rotary dial does not turn, no handset cord was attached and it does not work. $30.00 each
Ivory
Harvest Gold
White
Belt Buckles
Lineman $25.00 each
Candlestick $25.00 each
Lineman/Electrical Worker $25.00 each
Book / Cookbooks
Payphone History Book The book is a comprehensive history of the payphone covering the time period from the first payphones in the late nineteenth century and continuing into the late twentieth century. It traces the development of new technology and improvements in payphone designs as the years went along. The book is heavily illustrated and contains numerous photographs, drawings and diagrams. $20.00
2016 AT&T Arkansas Pioneers Heritage Cookbook A collection of recipes by the AT&T Pioneers - Arkansas Chapter. 205 pages. $10.00
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Michigan Pioneers Hardcover Cookbook This is the 2005 Cooking Connections cookbook from the Michigan Chapter Telecom Pioneers. The 210-page book contains hundreds of recipes from current SBC employees and retirees of the Bell System. It has a hard cover with a spiral binding so it can be laid flat or be made to stand upright on a counter. WAS $10.00 SALE $ 7.50
Magnets
Bell System Public Telephone
2" Round Magnet $2.50 each
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
2" Square Magnet $2.50 each
Signs
Bell System Public Telephone Signs
Available in either Blue or White $25.00 each
These are American-made, oven fired porcelain signs measure 8.75" in diameter.
They are reproductions of the signs made in years past.
American Telephone & Telegraph Co Porcelain Sign $25.00
This American-made, oven-fired porcelain sign measures 8" x 8". The sign has the old Bell System logo with "Local and Long Distance Telephone" inside of it.
This is a reproduction of the signs made in years past.
Collector Prints
Norman Rockwell Lineman Print Norman Rockwell painted this picture in 1947 as a promotion for AT&T. It is dedicated to the history of the telecommunications industry and measures 17" in width by 22" in length. $10.00
Spirit of Service Print Out of the blizzard of 1888 came one of the best-known paintings of the telephone industry, Ernest Hamlin Baker's "The Spirit of Service." Angus MacDonald is depicted guarding a section of the New York-Boston Main Line during the historic storm. The print measures 22" in width by 17" in length. $10.00
Weavers of Speech Print T.D. Skidmore originally created this historic image in black and white oil. It first appeared in a Bell System national magazine ad in December, 1915. It was originally titled Spinners of Speech but was changed to Weavers of Speech in deference to the obvious tapestry effect of the print. The print measures 22" in width by 17" in length. $10.00
Trucks
1927 Ford Model TT Cherry Picker Truck - Gray
The gray and black body of the truck is die cast metal and the cherry picker and ladders are wood-colored plastic. Length is 6-1/4" x 2-1/2" wide. Height with cherry picker retracted is 4-3/4" and is approximately 8-3/4" with the cherry picker extended.
The front and back plates display 1927. Manufactured by Vintagecast, 1:25 Scale. There is no company name on the truck. $15.00
1927 Ford Model TT Cherry Picker Truck - Green Available in Michigan Bell and Bell Canada Only
The green and black body of the truck is die cast metal and the cherry picker and ladders are wood-colored plastic. Length is 6-1/4" x 2-1/2" wide. Height with cherry picker retracted is 4-3/4" and is approximately 8-3/4" with the cherry picker extended.
The front and back plates display 1927. Manufactured by Vintagecast, 1:25 Scale. Available in Michigan Bell or Bell Canada only. $15.00
Miscellaneous
Telephone Trivet The trivet measures 6" x 6" and can be used to set hot items on it. There is cork across the entire back so the surface you set the trivet on will not become scratched. $6.00