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Some of us collectors have put together a list of all known WE color suffixes. (In transporting the document from a Word format to a plain text document for inclusion in this message, the collumnation and other stuff got messed up. The UPPER CASE word is the main name, and the lower case word is the modifier.) Enjoy!
WESTERN ELECTRIC COLOR SUFFIX LIST
CODE DESCRIPTION APPLICATION BSP REFERENCE
- GRAY, beige 200-KTU cabinet C53.152 - GRAY, french 205 hand tel set 548-500-410 - IVORY 205 hand tel set 548-500-410 3 BLACK tel sets 4 IVORY tel sets, wiring, cords C36.101 (B) NY 5 GRAY 6 BRASS, old 205 hand tel set 548-500-110 7 BRONZE, statuary 205 hand tel set 548-500-110 8 SILVER, oxidized 205 hand tel set 548-500-110 9 BROWN wiring 10 (BROWN) ? 11 GOLD medium 202 tel set catalogue #9 12 GOLD dark 302 tel set C36.101 (B) NY 13 14 15 16 ROSE, old 302 tel set C36.101 (B) NY 17 18 BLUE, dark 302 tel set C36.101 (B) NY 19 GREEN, gray 302 tel set C36.101 (B) NY 20 RED, pekin 302 tel set C36.101 (B) NY 21 22 23 24 25 26 GREEN, olive 50-type KTU’S C53.152 27 WALNUT 50-type KTU’S C53.152 28 29 TRANSPARENT 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 GREEN, grey wrinkle 41 42 BEIGE wiring 43 BEIGE 608 PBX 44 CHROME 1-type coin tel set 506-410-400 45 GREEN,grey textured vinyl 46 47 48 49 GRAY, light olive wiring,misc eq 50 IVORY 500 tel set supply catalogue 51 GREEN, moss 500 tel set “ 52 GRAY, oxford 500 tel set “ 52 *** IVORY, electrical Suttle Products., Inc. online catalogue *** 53 RED, cherry 500 tel set C18.051.00 54 BROWN, mahogany tel sets supply catalogue 55 BEIGE, dark tel sets “ 56 YELLOW ,pastel tel sets “ 57 BLUE, teal tel sets “ (mediterranean) 58 WHITE tel sets “ 59 PINK, rose tel sets “ 60 BEIGE, light tel sets “ 61 GRAY tel sets “ 62 BLUE, aqua tel sets “ 63 GOLD bell chime C18.051.00 64 TURQUOISE tel sets 65 66 67 STEEL, stainless, brushed coin tel sets 506-410-400 68 69 RED, muted 1500/2500 series faceplates 502-515-121 70 CHARCOAL “ 71 GREEN, light “ 72 YELLOW, light “ 73 GRAY, light “ 74 PINK, muted “ 75 BEIGE, muted “ 76 BLUE, muted “ 77 TURQUOISE, muted “ 78 79 80 IVORY, muted “ 81 82 PEARL-GRAY, neutral light 830-series tel set cords. 503-702-101 83 GRAY-BROWN, dark “ †84 BRONZE coin tel sets 506-410-400 85 86 ORANGE coin tel set (part) 87 SATIN-SILVER cords 88 89 90 91 92 93 YELLOW sculptura tel set
100 AVOCADO COM KEY 416 faceplate 104 BROWN, chocolate trimline tel set 105 GREEN, dark “ 108 TEAK COM KEY 416 / Touch-a-matic faceplate 109 WALNUT “ ††111 GOLD, harvest “ and trimline tel set 112 ORANGE COM KEY 416 faceplate 113 BROWN, textured “ 114 RED, bright “ and trimline tel set 115 BLUE, royal “ 118 BLACK, textured “ 122 ALUMINUM, matte Touch-a-matic 32 faceplate 503-603-101 123 YELLOW, butter noteworthy tel set 124 RUST trimline tel set 139 GRAY, charcoal “ 142 BLUE, midnight “ 143 BURGUNDY “ 144 CINNIBAR “ 145 BLUE, teal “ 146 TEABERRY, dark “ 147 APRICOT, creamy “ 170 MOCHA “
215 CREAM, misty Spirit Key Tel 226 GREEN Jacks 235 ASH, light 245 BROWN, electrical 246 IVORY, electrical 262 WHITE Systemax (jacks) 264 WHITE, oxford or AT&T 270 GRAY
302 GREEN, forest Trimline 303 YELLOW, sun “ 305 BLUE, country “ PEACH “ BLUE, slate “
GRAY, ultra light “ 317 RED JACK 318 BLUE 323 GREY, dust dark Partner Tel Sets
361 VIOLET
-305 = "Country Blue" 500, 2500, 554, Trimline, Trimline Signature and 2554 sets from about 1990 to about 1996. -115 = "Royal Blue" Single slot pay phones -145 = "Teal Blue" 2500, 2702 princess and trimlines from about 1983 to about 1990 -293 = "Slate Blue" 2702 Princess, 2500 Signature, from about 1990 to about 1996.
2-tone Metal 302s in early 500-series colors (1954-57) -50A Ivory -51A Moss Green -52A Gray -53A Red -54A Brown -55A Beige -56A Yellow -57A Blue
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Anybody (else) remember the Stromberg-Carlson sets with the swirled colors?
As I recall they had an accident in the plant and a bunch of colors got mixed up. They were going to throw the whole batch out and then decided to try and sell them. I believe they were a real success. Probably collectors items now.
Sam
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I remember those, they were sooo neat that, when the Code-A-Phone dealership, I worked for, became a factory approved repair center for Telco's, I took a cue. The Telco CAP 'home system' that a lot of smaller telcos rented to customers included a Trimline base, without the cover, and handset. The base was mounted inside the CAP and the cover had a built-in well that mimicked the Trimline base cover. We traded in a lot of these things, they were real DOGS, hard to repair and unreliable when new, at best. They went into the scrap pile, where we cannabalized parts. (Factory was running out of parts) Anyhow, I grabbed all the phones. There were all the typical Trimline colors. I ordered a bunch of appropriate color base covers, as well as handset backs and fronts. Some of my most popular 'garage sale' phones were the 'Ice Cream' phones. I'd use a white, or green handset front, with brown back and base cover. made some decent change with that little basement business! John C.
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Was Code-A-Phone just an independent manufacturer of phones? I've never heard of them...
Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE
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Code-A-Phone was an independent manufacturer of automatic answering equipment dating back into the 1960's (help me Arthur). They made it under license with Western Electric for the Bell companies to lease/rent. Later on, they branched out into making consumer-level answering machines and other products like disposable phones.
Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX
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Dang, Ed, Code-A-Phone, a blast from the past....Installed many answering devices produced by them. :thumb:
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Actually, the C-A-P 700 was designed and built by Ford Industries, (Which eventually changed its name to C-A-P) and sold to Western Electric. They also sold to the independent Telcos, factory direct and thru North Supply. I do not remember the model number of the C-A-P with the Trimline, but other models they made before about 1970 were the 400, 505/506, & 540, that had acoustic couplers that mounted on 500/2500 phone and actually operated the hookswitch. Some of these would also work through a KS19522 Coupler and other coupling devices, all of which were strictly electronic. They actually began selling 'direct connect equipment' to the general public, "in selected areas" about 1970. That was about the time the battery operated 'Phone Mate', that supposedly could generate enough power to 'knock a Telco employee off a pole' hit the market (It ran on 6 'D' cells), and the whole subject of 'Customer Provided Equipment' and 'COUPLERS' (shudder) really took off. It was an interesting time, we sold NEW Code-A-Phone 700s for about what a customer could lease a well used one from the Telco for, same monthly payment. But, we knew how it worked and what all the options did. The poor telco guy got to install 1 a year, if he was unlucky enough, with a BSP that was misleading at best. But, we also sold units that wern't so 'industrial' and some of them let you get your messages from across town, if you had your CODE-KEY. Ah, well, water under the bridge. C-A-P is probably bankrupt and long gone by now. John C.
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