Western Electric Headset & Transmitter
An American-made Western Electric telephone operator's communications set, typically utilized with manual telephone switchboards. The apparatus consists of a chest-worn breastplate transmitter and a single-earpiece receiver. The transmitter features a black hard-molded housing with a curved black horn-shaped mouthpiece. The back of the transmitter housing is embossed in a circular arrangement with the capitalized text WESTERN ELECTRIC and MADE IN USA. Attached to the transmitter is a worn fabric neck strap with metal adjustment hardware. The receiver consists of a single black earpiece with a perforated center, mounted to a metal headband with an adjustable slider and a black trapezoidal terminal block. The components are connected via a long, brown cloth-braided cord that terminates in a large, black two-prong plug with exposed brass pins.
[ translate ]An American-made Western Electric telephone operator's communications set, typically utilized with manual telephone switchboards. The apparatus consists of a chest-worn breastplate transmitter and a single-earpiece receiver. The transmitter features a black hard-molded housing with a curved black horn-shaped mouthpiece. The back of the transmitter housing is embossed in a circular arrangement with the capitalized text WESTERN ELECTRIC and MADE IN USA. Attached to the transmitter is a worn fabric neck strap with metal adjustment hardware. The receiver consists of a single black earpiece with a perforated center, mounted to a metal headband with an adjustable slider and a black trapezoidal terminal block. The components are connected via a long, brown cloth-braided cord that terminates in a large, black two-prong plug with exposed brass pins.
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