The model 302 telephone is a desk set telephone that was manufactured in the United States by Western Electric from 1937 until 1955, and by Northern Electric in Canada until the late 1950s, until well
Western Electric 302 telephone with a thermoplastic case
The Ericsson model DBH 1001 of 1931 may have been an influence on the later Model 302 design.
1948 Western Electric 302 telephone set that was refurbished amidst post-war equipment shortages with an older style handset (E1) and installed on a line of the Newark, NJ, exchange "BIgelow", the last existing Panel office when it was dismantled in 1983.
A 1945 Federal Telephone & Radio Type 803, a clone of the 302 using Automatic Electric components for military applications
The Western Electric model 500 telephone series was the standard domestic desk telephone set issued by the Bell System in North America from 1950 through the 1984 Bell System divestiture. The successo
Model 302 telephone
…States by Western Electric from 1937 until 1955, and by Northern Electric in Canada until the late 1950s, until well after the introduction of the 500-type telephone in 1949. The sets were routinely refurbished into the 1960s. It was one of the most widely used American combined telephone sets to include the ringer…
Western Electric model 500 telephone made in the 1950s
By 1975, the model 500 design was essentially unchanged, but it used a revised dial, modular cords, and was available in a variety of new colors.
Internal components of a model 500 produced in 1951
The 425A network component of a model 500 produced in 1951