Automatic Electric Type 80 - Mint Green 2554 Bright Red Curly Handset Cord

Bright Red Curly Handset Cord - with modular plug on each end

It is a non-dial phone that would have required operator assistance to complete a call

Polish using light pressure until NOVUS No

6 foot pink vinyl line cord

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

Automatic Electric Type 80 - Mint Green 2554 Bright Red Curly Handset CordHistory 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