Ringer Boxes and Subsets
Early phones didn't have internal bells (among other components), so subsets had to be built. Subsets contained electric parts to make the phones work and bells to let the subscriber know when he had a call coming in.
1890s Parlor Ringer
1912 Western Electric Extension Ringer
1910s Wooden Subset
1915 and 1930 Western Electric Subsets
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