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Greetings all!
If I have posted this in the wrong section then please let me know.
I'm looking to ID the push buttons in the photograph.
What I do know:
They are manufactured prior to 1966.
They may be from several types and styles of phones all put together so don't go on their placement.
They may be military (I don't know)
I'm first looking to ID these buttons and of course to find a source for them in any fashion. One or all of them.
Does any of it look familiar at all to anyone?
The button all the way to the right reads "Operator" so I assumed some type of telephone equipment.

Any help you can give will be great!

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Why the heck did you mask out the rest of what they are on? (Or was it somebody else?) Certainly would help to see it.

-Hal

It is masked out because the other parts of the photo will just distract you from the items at hand. Like I said the pieces are assembled and may all be from different models. The assembly was created in 1966 so the parts have to predate that date. I have seen the push button pieces I just cant place them.
Here is the full image but I doubt it will help.

I understand. The button assembly was salvaged from something else (you think telephone equipment) and used in whatever this is.

No. Don't think it was telephone, could be anything. What do the knobs do?

-Hal

"The button assembly was salvaged from something else (you think telephone equipment) and used in whatever this is."
Exactly!

Well I did not want to post the full photo as to predispose anyone in thinking it was not telephone equipment.
The push buttons look like to me they came off an early 60's desk phone possible a Western I saw (I have not seen many round button hold and line buttons) The big "phone" clue to me was that the extreme right button reads "operator 0" so I think it has to be "communications related" but what I don't know. The buttons are acrylic (except for the black ones) again much like a desk phone.
I was thinking something like a business console, multi line type of thing? I also thought it might be military, or even an elevator control buttons, but all theories have come up dry.
Its a real puzzle and the fun of it (at least for me) is trying to unlock the mystery.

The chicken head knobs do nothing.
The black ones read "N1", "N2", "M", and "B"

If a geographic location will help ID parts then it was assembled in California (in case the Western stuff is localized)

Hoping someone can ID these parts? Any suggestions are welcome.

Aircraft radio??

N1, N2 buttons for NAV1 and NAV2. M for Manual.

Sounds interesting.
I wonder what the "B" might be for?
I would also guess that the other buttons might be from a similar application. The ones with the green tops and "I"
But what about the one on the end that stated "Operator?"

b for bomber
operator for well operator

possible an old on board communications panel for a military aircraft?

Interesting thought.
Does anyone specialize in military communications, avionics, or aircraft phone systems?

Know of any forums that might be able to help?

Anything will be great!