One notable distinction between these and their WE/NE counterparts, is that the switchhooks on AE models were designed in a such a method that it was nearly inconceivable to hang them up improperly, leaving the phone line open. Thanks to Terry Biddlecombe, Mike Magnus, Bruce Denny, and Roger Conklin for helping me fill within the adjustments of ownership and dates thereof in the years following my leaving Brockville. It was manufactured for four years from 1934 to 1938. AE 34s had a single hook swap button, mounted halfway between the handset help ears, and only a single cord entry/exit level halfway throughout the again as compared to the late AE40 which had a button on each ear, and two cord holes, electric control cable one in every back nook. Most of the telephones proven on this page are manufactured by the 2 Brockville factories. Additionally, the two tone AE 80 shown is typical for this period.. An Automatic Electric Serviceman's buttset or take a look at telephone is shown on the "C.O. Equipment" page.

Note: Now we have many extra AE telephones in the museum than are proven on this web page. More AE phones to follow! As a toddler, I had a good assortment of AE and Phillips phones. I at the moment have plenty of examples of those telephones, and as I get the time, I will be posting pictures of AE phones in my collection. More data on this plant will be added as it turns into obtainable. I've a number of versions of this, including a ten line unit, and a more moderen ten line unit in a plastic case. 20 Line Secretarial Answering Unit. An older cellphone with 3 line functionality. 3-Line Phone - Telephone with 3-line capability had three line and three hold buttons. AE - 182e - Desk Telephone - Late Model Starlite telephone (AE's version of the Princess Phone). The vast majority of early Canadian AE's had been manufactured in Brockville. A third plant was positioned in Richmond, BC., in line with a GTE Automatic Electric booklet commemorating 25 years in Brockville. The older ones had been made at the Phillips plant, and the later ones, at the brand new GTE Automatic Electric plant. While no date will be confirmed for the usage of this cover, it most certainly pre-dated the 1955 GTE merger, as there isn't a point out of GTE possession of the corporate.

These had been designed for use on a wall mounted plug. Next generation wall cellphone manufactured by Automatic Electric in Brockville. This AE-50 wall telephone also was first manufactured by Phillips Electrical Works, then after 1954 by the Automatic Electric plant in Brockville. When i left house, this collection went by the wayside until years later I got again into amassing phones, first concentrating on Western and Northern Electric telephones, then most lately Phillips/Automatic Electric. This was a desk telephone manufactured first by Phillips Electrical Works, then after 1954, by the Automatic Electric plant in Brockville. Automatic Electric additionally owned a plant in Lethbridge, Alberta, built in 1959 the place they produced, no doubt along with other objects, the successor to the AE80, the AE80e telephone. Please see the AE show on the "Physical Telephone Museum" web page! See Terry Biddlecombe's "AE Telephone Colour" Page and Paul Fassbender's "AE Telephone Colour" Chart! This cellphone was used by independant telephone companies all through Canada and the United States in the course of the 50's and 60's. This was a pre-pay type cellphone, and was self contained, including a inbuilt network, but no bell.

Manufactured at AE/GTE's Huntsville, Alabama plant, a linear cellphone - an experiment in design built on Apr 19, 1985. This phone was produced for about a 12 months, but never caught on with the consumer, and to my information it was by no means sold or produced in Canada. AE-80e's were manufactured in Canada from the mid 70's till mid 80's on the Lethbridge, Alberta plant. This system is a Microtel Enterphone, manufactured within the Brockville plant in February, 1985. The Enterphone was designed for residence entry control, and unlike different methods on the market which required an intercom in every condominium and separate wiring for the intercom system, the Enterphone positioned a name to the tenant's common phone, saving considerable cost for the residence owner. Wall Telephone, Left, Dial and Right, Touch Tone variations. AE 982 Styleline TC and Dial. We now have an AE Secretarial Answering Unit, each wall and desk and dial and TC variations of 182 and 192 Starlite telephones, 183 Spacesavers, and 982 Stylelines. Both telephones were found in British Columbia - many have been preserved there, as BC Tel solely used Automatic Electric phones, and in reality, later owned the corporate as talked about within the historical past above. Could it have been a case of, "We favored them a lot, we purchased the corporate" maybe?