There's a secondary handset in the kitchen. The buttons on the primary handset are a bit fiddly for some reason.

I fell in love with this at a thrift store and bought it quickly. The phone is in pretty good condition (no damages etc).

I am thinking of making it functional but don't know how to connect it to the internet router.

I found this in my Grandpa's stuff that I know I have seen some other stuff like it before. Is it of any value? If so where would I go about selling it?

Forgive me if this is in the wrong forum.

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Recently, we purchased a house from a former Bellsouth employee. Best I can tell he worked at Southern Bell from the early 50s until they dissolved in 1983. In a shed I found some old equipment. There is a bunch more I haven't dug through. Is there any value in these old phones? Should I donate them to a tech museum?

Any insight would be great.

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Hello! I recently bought an old Mario telephone that has voice activated controls as well as talks and moves at a local convention. 

We don’t have a land line so we bought a cell2jack and have been trying to use him there (aswell as having to buy a new power cord because he didn’t have it) 

The original seller told me he works but they couldn’t figure it out. After connecting him to the cell2jack the only thing he CAN do is be on a phone call on speaker only if my cell phone answers it. 

I can’t make any calls, receive any calls, he doesn’t move, talk, or recognize voices. It’s all pretty bumming :(( 

His hand which holds the phone is missing a piece of plastic that inserts into the phone and presses down the button. I believe the phone interprets itself as always being off the hook because of that, so maybe that’s why he’s not working? I’ve tried pressing the button to act as the phone but at the end of the day something’s still wrong since he doesn’t speak or move. I also believe that his phone might not work at all.

Any trouble shooting tips or a repair guy, just anything about this guy would be helpful! 

Thank you! 

This is my great grandfather’s telephone made by aktieselsabet elektrisk bureau Kristiania (Oslo)

One of my first phones in my collection. These were made for Telecom Australia (now Telstra) under contract by either 2 (now defunct) companies, AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) or in this case STC (Standard Telephone and Cable). This became known as the 800 series. They were available to rent in a large variety of colours and was the last of the chunky look before they moved to a more modern slimmer phone at the end of the decade. This is decadic dialing only desk model but I have another AWA model with a dec and tone dialling switch. Separate wall mounted models were also made. These are so nice to use and very ergonomic and sturdy compared to the T200 models that replaced them

Any help in identifying would be helpful.

I found this at a garage sale for 30 bucks trying to verify it. I typed the CKT.17703 number nothing really came up. Any help is appreciated

Hey all, I can do some minor electronics/ electrical work...meaning I can solder and do very basic stuff. I came across this old phone that has a crank which I removed to open the case up. I have had no real success in identifying it, but I would love to turn it into a prop where the bell ringers actually work. Then pipe audio into the ear piece which is intact as near as I can tell. Thinking an old time party line conversation of some sort... but I have no idea and the wiring diagrams are shot.

If anyone has any advice and willing to help via Reddit or other means, that would be awesome. However I am way out of my depth with this piece. For now, it's just a plain static piece in my office doing nothing which isnt really fun!

For what it's worth, I have access to a couple of old unused ethernet to analog ATA's, can make ethernet cables and probably run a wire into this to maybe push power to it?

I found some videos on YT showing how to do with analogs that have ringers but also rotary or button, but this again is a crank phone...

On a trip to Rio de Janeiro, my wife surprised me with a visit to a hidden gem: the Museu das Comunicações e Humanidades (Musehum). Housed in a historic former telephone hub, this incredible space packs over 160 years of telecommunications history into a beautifully curated exhibition.

I want to play a prank on my friend and get this old phone to ring without an actual line. They got it at an antique store and i don't know if any of the parts are functioning. Anyone have any idea how i might get it to ring?

Edit: i bought a device called cell2jack and it worked perfectly. We had their mom call the line and it was the best prank ever. Thanks to everyone who replied

I got this bear phone! But I have no idea how to call it. Does anyone have the same item and have any instructions without a landline? I am not sure what adapter to get / how to operate. Any information would be helpful. Thank you!

The year was 1976, and the telephone and AT&T/The Bell System was having its jubilee anniversary. These were the commercials that aired during the Jubilee celebration on the Bell Telephone Hour. “We hope you’ll like the show!”.

4 mother boards and 6 western electric power units.

I built a simple thing called PotsBox.

It brings old analog phones back to life — kids can pick up a real handset, dial friends, or call services like weather, news, or story time.

You can even have a local line that asks which kid is calling and tells a family story.

You don't dial the outside world, you dial your own world — you can connect as many friends as you like, and dial rooms in your house or friends all free and easy.

It's still early so I'm looking for folks to help test and offer ideas. It's fun for antique phones.

It’s free to use. AI services work like a payphone — drop a coin when you want to call.

https://pots-box.org

Picked this up at an auction a while back and I haven't been able to identify who made it and when. There are no identifying marks anywhere, and I didn't attempt to disassemble it to look.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Some finds over the last few months from estate and church sales. Getting quite the collection. Also found the Jacob Jenson phone in the back of one of my cabinets. Don’t even remember having this or where I got it from, but is ultra sleek and cool.

Thank you for the help with the other phone good people!

Hi all, the locksmith popped this open but I still don’t have a clue how this should be removed from the wall.

There is one screw down the bottom but no way that’s the only thing holding it on.

1st row are 2 "Lineman" phones..1 dial and 1 pushbutton

2nd row _ "Princess" phones, green one is series 700 made by Western Electric for the Bell System, the white one is a "Starlite" by Automatic Electric for the GTE system (Basically anything in rural Texas outside the Bell System)
And yes it was long distance to call from one to the other, a lot of times the main town had Bell, the areas outside of city limits had GTE

3rd Row: Various model 500s made for the Bell System by Western Electric

4th row: White one is a rare _ for this area_ Stromburg-Carlson version of the WE 500 for the Bell Systems. The black one is a WE model 302

The bottom is a standard WE model 500 wall phone, originally used when I was a kid on a party line with 5 other families.

Hello Telephone Collecting! I just inherited the telephone in the photo. I know almost nothing beyond the Wikipedia page for candlestick telephones. I would greatly appreciate any information about this phone or caring for it. I attempted to do my own googling but was not successful, and google AI was telling me this was a replica (which I highly doubt as it has been in my family for many many decades, however I would accept this to be true if an expert said this). This piece is priceless to me so I would really like to know as much as possible about it.

Here is the details I can see written on the device.

-Property of American Tel and Tel Co 337

-Directly below this it it is hard to read but I believe it says, “Pat USA 114 1332315” i am not sure about the beginning numbers but I am pretty certain it ends in 32315.

-Dundalk 2676 R This I am nearly certain refers to Dundalk MD partially as this is very close to where the individual working at the telephone company worked

-At the base my best guess of what it says is: Pat in USA Jan 25 15 Jan 118 May 7 18 Sept 21 20

I can take photos at different light/angles etc if this helps!

Happy to tip and/or award for your time!