"Real" Telephones

Pangloss62 · 08-14-2006, 03:11 PM

Hey rkzen!

I know you can find a nice Western Electric 300 or 500 instead of going for the PB repros. Really, there's nothing like the real thing. I've got about 3 or 500 series desksets that I've found at thrift stores and yard sales. They all work and were wicked cheap too.

They made over a million of these babies. A dealer would sell you one for less than the PB repro.

That "Boomerang" pattern of Formica was called "Skylark." But most people call it boomerang for obvious reasons.

I love Formica.

08-14-2006, 03:11 PM	#16
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Don't Go Repro!!! Hey rkzen! I know you can find a nice Western Electric 300 or 500 instead of going for the PB repros. Really, there's nothing like the real thing. I've got about 3 or 500 series desksets that I've found at thrift stores and yard sales. They all work and were wicked cheap too. They made over a million of these babies. A dealer would sell you one for less than the PB repro. That "Boomerang" pattern of Formica was called "Skylark." But most people call it boomerang for obvious reasons. I love Formica. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

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