The candlestick telephone (or pole telephone) is a style of telephone that was common from the late 1890s to the 1940s. A candlestick telephone is also often referred to as a desk stand, an upright, or a stick phone.
What phone came after candlestick?
Rotary Phone: Pushing out the candlestick phone, the rotary phone came about in the 1930s when manufacturers began to combine the mouth piece and receiver of the candlestick phones into a single unit.
What is the rarest telephone?
#1 - 1894 Columbia Telephone Manufactuing Company fluted shaft. 1894 Columbia fluted shaft desk set mounted on a round walnut base.
What's the oldest phone in the world?
The telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 is considered the oldest phone in the world.
When was the cradle telephone invented?
The first cradle handset telephone was introduced around 1926. Initially made of metal, plastic telephones were later made in the 1940s. The growth in popularity of the cradle model coincided with the popularity of the telephone among American teenagers in the 1950s.