Automatic Electric Type 80 - Black Antique Phones This is NOT an original

This is NOT an original Thermoplastic Blue 302

or any other telecom device which provides ringing

they laid six Atlantic telegraph cables

The Model 302 was manufactured until 1955

Automatic Electric Type 80 - Black Antique Phones This is NOT an originalHistory By the late 50s almost every telephone maker was either out of business or stayed alive by producing almost identical copies of the WE 500. Automatic Electric were the exception, they were the last independent telephone maker to stick with their original designs. Although the AE 80 was completely designed in house, AE still had to take out a licensing agreement with Western Electric since their design shared many of the principles of the 500