Talk:Model 302 telephone

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Date of Final Manufacture

I have a 302 whose parts all date from 1949; hence, I have changed the terminal date from 1948 to 1949. Gamahucheur 03:56, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, some 302s were made well into the 1950s, usually for special purposes. I have a hotel model from 1952.  ProhibitOnions  ^(T) 16:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ultimate Combination?

I suggest that if-and-when there are a fair number of articles on the various models of subscriber sets, there be a merging into a single, larger article, which individual model pages becoming redirects. —Gamahucheur 06:54, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I dispute the description of the picture. To me, that does not look like an authentic Western Electric 302. In particular, I notice that the fingerstop is at the 5 o'clock position (as Automatic Electric used), rather than the 3 o'clock position that was typical for Western Electric.

Well, that's what it is (I am the owner of the phone), although it has an Automatic Electric dial, as this was probably a military-spec phone and they required AE dials for whatever reason. If you have a picture of one with a WE dial, please upload it; I own a couple of these, though they're on the other side of the Atlantic from me at the moment.  ProhibitOnions  ^(T) 16:35, 13 August 2006 (UTC)