Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed with full descriptions of the

with full descriptions of the numerous telephone companies and manufacturers and

Body – The body has been professionally chrome plated and will not peel like most home plating

Responds to 20hz ringing frequency (modern standard)

Cup that is used to mount the hook switch on a metal Western Electric or Northern Electric 302

Western Electric E1 Handset - Seamed Finish:Buffed with full descriptions of theWestern Electric E1 Handset with seamed handle and caps Here is an all original seamed E1 handset. The postwar effort devolped the first standard handset and that result was the E1. This handset was first produced in late 1926, and these units were equipped with the "dome" transmitter. The E1 handset is made of Bakelite, a phenol plastic first synthesized in 1907. bakelite is heat resisitant and also resisits most ordinary solvents.