Replica Crosley Public Telephone
In 1920, Powel Crosley founded the company that pioneered radio broadcasting and mass manufacturing.
Dismayed with the US$130 price tag to buy a radio receiver for his son, Crosley decided to make his own, which he did for US$35 - and he was quick to see the mass market potential.
This lead Crosley Radio to become the world's largest radio manufacturer! As a true industrialist, Crosley became known for a multitude of ventures including public telephones, and today the Crosley name lives on with this superbly detailed working replica telephone.
This 3-slot "prepay-style" pay phone (where coins had to be inserted before a call could be made) was first introduced in the 1950's and remained virtually unchanged until 1965.
Strangely, its predecessor was a "postpay-style" phone that actually allowed the caller to place their call and then pay once finished!According to the manufacturer, it will take you back to the days of old fashioned phone booths and 10-cent phone calls (well, it would if you were American, and drawing your pension!).
While you don't have to pay for your calls with this Crosley replica (well not when you make them, you still need to pay the phone bill, obviously!), you will enjoy (that's an order) the functional coin slots complete with authentic "jingle" as your money is deposited into the coin bank in the base of the unit.
The telephone features pushbutton technology with authentic rotary look.
The phone is wall or desk mountable, and built with a heavy-duty ABS plastic cabinet, chrome accents, full-featured coin bank with lock and key, ringer control, and is tone/pulse switchable.
Price: £39.99
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