Telephone operator's pencil

Made:: 1950-1980

Telephone switchboard operator?s clutch pencil

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Telephone switchboard operator?s clutch pencil
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Telephone switchboard operator’s clutch pencil, with adaptor at non-writing end for engaging with the finger plate of a rotary dial on an auto telephone, 1950-1980

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 2012-165

Materials:: metal plated (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and carbon

type:: pencil - drawing and writing equipment

credit:: Shawyer, David

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