Western Electric Products - Telephones - Model 2500

Western Electric Products- Model 1500 and 2500 Telephone

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The Western Electric model 1500 series (introduced in late 1963 or 1964) was the first touch-tone desk phone made by Western Electric and was the touch-tone replacement for the model 500 rotary dial model and the compliment of the 1554 touch-tone wall model.  It had only 10 buttons on the dial pad (the “asterick” and “pound” symbol buttons did not exist).

Northern Electric (the Bell Canada equivalent of Western Electric) produced a 1500 model using a 500 housing and circular adapter plate for the dial. “The Northern Electric version (1967) is even rarer than the WE 1500, as it was identical to the prototype developed in the States in the early 1960s (with the circular 500-like housing)”.

Photo courtesy of Mimmo.

The 1500 was later replaced by the model 2500 (12-button model) around 1967.  I have a generic clear plastic housing that I placed over a Western Electric chassis and handset components as seen HERE.

Contents of this page:

• Schematics (only a few have been scanned and made available so far):

2503-Type

2500D - Click on either GIF format or PDF format

2500DM, and 2500DMG

2502B, 2502BM, and 2502BMG

2510F, 2510FM, and 2510FMG

2511F, 2511H, and 2511HM

2515B, 2515BM, and 2515BMG

2500M, 2500MM (or 2500MM in PDF format), and 2500MMG

2500S and 2500SM

2500Y, 2500YM, and 2500YMG

25148, 2514BM, and 2514BMG

2526B

2526BM (part 1) (part 2)

2526BMG

Avaya® 2500-MMGN Traditional Desk Phone and****Avaya® 2500- YMGP Feature Desk Phone

2500 Series Analog Telephones Economical Single-Line Telephones for
Efficient Call Handling

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