Chicago, ILL 1889-1983
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The AE40
Monophone of 1925 was AE's first handset
the
Monophone was the handset itself, not the complete phone)
The inside
detail, at the top, displays where a dial could be placed.
The
rectangular magneto generator box, with black colored heavy bakelite
cover,
was designed to be used with an external subscriber set.
"Bakelite"
is a heat-resistant product and a chemically stable resin which
is actually the
first plastic ever made. It was invented in Belgium by an American
chemist
by
the name of Dr. Leo Baekeland. Easy to see where it got its name then.
View: BAKELITE MUSEUM or Magneto Generators
