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  • Model: Dial Candlestick with cast iron subset
  • Made by: Keystone Telephone Co.
  • From: circa 1920
  • Courtesy of: Dave Kuns
keystone telephone dial candlestick antique telephone

Photo courtesy Dave Kuns

keystone telephone dial candlestick dial close-up and number card

Photo courtesy Dave Kuns

keystone telephone dial candlestick subscriber subset

Photo courtesy Dave Kuns

keystone telephone logo

Photo courtesy Dave Kuns

Notes

Keystone dial deskstand with cast iron Keystone subscriber set.

About Keystone Telephone

From Roger Conklin: "Philadelphia was the last large city in the U.S. where there were still two competing telephone companies; Pennsylvania Bell and Keystone Telephone Co. Keystone offered all-automatic dial service and was eventually purchased by Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in 1945, just shortly after the conclusion of WW II. The names printed radially on the number card are the names of the exchanges in Philadelphia. You would dial the digit corresponding to the exchange name, followed by the number."

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