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or any antique or classic telephone to the public telephone network

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Strowger Dial Candlestick shsdchildproduct In the early days theyStrowger 11 digit desk telephone 1905 The Strowger Potbelly Candlestick was the first commercially available dial telephone. Almon Brown Strowger was an undertaker in Kansas City in the late 1800s. He believed the local telephone operator was directing all business calls to his competitor, who also happened to be her husband. In order to give subscribers total control over their calls, Strowger invented the automatic telephone exchange a. k. a. dial