1940's Western Electric Antique Desk Phone

Western Electric Telephone – 1940's Western Electric 300 Desk Telephone

This is probably the most famous of the designs that famed architect and designer Henry Dreyfus did for Western Electric. The smooth graceful lines effected the design of telephone for at least 2 decades beyond its introduction. The phones were not only nice to look at they were very well built. Most of these phones were black in color and Ma bell expected to collect rent on these for many years. These phones were designed to last under heavy office use with very low maintenance.