{"product_id":"c-1930s-western-electric-rotary-phone-in-old-white-paint-ashland-4-5111","title":"C. 1930s Western Electric Rotary Phone in Old White Paint, Ashland 4-5111","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot just a great looking old phone, delivering all of the pleasures of rotary dialing, but this early model Western Electric was also given a custom paint job long ago--and nothing better to my eye than old creamy white paint. And with original \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ealphanumeric number at the center of the dial: AS(hland) 4-5111, I believe for Ashland, MA--reminding one that phones were once linked to specific places! These Western Electric phones were the first widely distributed phones that adopted the use of a single handset rather than a separate transmitter and receiver--here with a fabulous sculptural shape to the speaking end, making one think of the term \"horn\" as slang for telephone.  Model number E-1, 1930s, with a cloth cord, painted as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandset approx 9 1\/4\" l. Phone stands approx 6 1\/4\" t. Some fraying to the cord where it meets the handset. Otherwise, general wear and aging to the paint, all to the good I think. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68129987625329,"sku":"ugm1793831338992","price":44.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/4908\/0945\/files\/c-1930s-western-electric-rotary-phone-in-old-white-paint-ashland-4-5111_1.jpg?v=1793831346","url":"https:\/\/joeneatmart.shop\/products\/c-1930s-western-electric-rotary-phone-in-old-white-paint-ashland-4-5111","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}