Western Electric Rotary Telephone Accent Light

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Western Electric G1 rotary telephone transformed into an original accent lamp.

Rotary phone scored on eBay.

See below for Western Electric’s telephone history.

Phone Description:

  1. Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 19 inches

  2. Lovingly restored with gentle cleaners. Evidence of use and character make the piece truly authentic! Imagine how many calls this phone has made!

  3. Receiver held up by flexible copper tubing wrapped in it’s original phone cord

  4. 6 foot long black and white vintage-styled fabric cord with 2-prong plug including a dimmer switch

  5. Chrome standard socket to accommodate any standard light bulb not to exceed 100W

  6. Vintage-inspired, brand new, hand-spun Edison light bulb 40W. Replacements readily available. Not all light bulbs will look the same.

  7. Flat Fee Shipping $15.00 within the US

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Western Electric G1 rotary telephone transformed into an original accent lamp.

Rotary phone scored on eBay.

See below for Western Electric’s telephone history.

Phone Description:

  1. Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 19 inches

  2. Lovingly restored with gentle cleaners. Evidence of use and character make the piece truly authentic! Imagine how many calls this phone has made!

  3. Receiver held up by flexible copper tubing wrapped in it’s original phone cord

  4. 6 foot long black and white vintage-styled fabric cord with 2-prong plug including a dimmer switch

  5. Chrome standard socket to accommodate any standard light bulb not to exceed 100W

  6. Vintage-inspired, brand new, hand-spun Edison light bulb 40W. Replacements readily available. Not all light bulbs will look the same.

  7. Flat Fee Shipping $15.00 within the US

Western Electric G1 rotary telephone transformed into an original accent lamp.

Rotary phone scored on eBay.

See below for Western Electric’s telephone history.

Phone Description:

  1. Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 19 inches

  2. Lovingly restored with gentle cleaners. Evidence of use and character make the piece truly authentic! Imagine how many calls this phone has made!

  3. Receiver held up by flexible copper tubing wrapped in it’s original phone cord

  4. 6 foot long black and white vintage-styled fabric cord with 2-prong plug including a dimmer switch

  5. Chrome standard socket to accommodate any standard light bulb not to exceed 100W

  6. Vintage-inspired, brand new, hand-spun Edison light bulb 40W. Replacements readily available. Not all light bulbs will look the same.

  7. Flat Fee Shipping $15.00 within the US

Western Electric, with headquarters in Chicago, produced the majority of telephones in the US for 100 years, building on the original invention of Alexander Graham Bell. The model sold here was introduced in 1949 and became the standard telephone for an entire generation; the most widely produced dial phone ever. Every American home in the country had this phone at some time. To start, Western Electric manufactured the telephone in colors, but only the rich could afford the considerable extra fee. In the mid 1950s, Western Electric finally produced an outstanding array of designer colors at the same economical price as basic black. Cherry red, lime green, turquoise, lemon yellow… At this time, households usually had one rotary phone located in a central room of the house. With the end of an era, the advent of touch-tone phones ended the reign of the rotary dial in 1963.