Western Electric 575 - Lime Green shsdparentproduct The 1500 had the same

The 1500 had the same footprint and familiar G1 handset as the venerable 500 set

The actual network components to enable connection to the phone lines and the ringer were located in a separate subset that was often mounted a floor level

Candlestick Terminal Mount - Set

The "DAWN" telephone was made by Northern Telecom in the early eighties

Western Electric 575 - Lime Green shsdparentproduct The 1500 had the sameThe Model 500 came about as a replacement for the model 302 and quickly became the new workhorse of Northern and Western Electric line of telephones. In fact, demand was so high that Western Electric had model 500's built under licence by other manufacturers such as Stromberg Carlson and Kellogg. The 500 was manufactured in many colours over the years but originally in black, brown, white, beige, blue, green, pink, and yellow. The phone has been