Ericofon - Pink shsdparentproduct GTE and Automatic Electric merged

GTE and Automatic Electric merged in 1955 and Leich was maintained as an operating subsidiary of GTE until the early 1960s when operations were fully merged with the parent company

106' or 20')

The unmistakable profile of this phone is great example of the evolution of the deskset

Shell – The shell has been stripped down and sandblasted using a glass grit and powder coated in a semi-gloss olive green finish

- Porcelain accented with a monochromatic white patterned design with daisy flower relief (lvory tan color on a white background)

Ericofon - Pink shsdparentproduct GTE and Automatic Electric mergedHistory The Ericofon was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gsta Thames, Ralph Lysell, and Hugo Blomberg. The two major components of the telephone, the handset and the dial, are combined in a single unit. This one piece design anticipated the evolution of the typical cordless phone and cell phone by several decades. Serial production began in 1954. Early models were sold only to institutions, but in 1956 production for the open