OMG! When did GE make Poppy RED?!!?

[appliguy]

Oh Greg.......

It is a shame you did not have that wall phone restored.....a 554 with a straght reciever cord is a rare phone..... I believe that means it was made between 1956 and 1957. Correct me if I am wrong phone guys, but by 1958 I believe they were exclusivly using the coiled cords on 500's and 554's...is that not correct? PATRICK COFFEY

P.S. Ralph the trash compactor was not introduced until 1969. It was invented by Whirlpool and they touted it as being the first truly new appliance introduced in over 20 years.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, I've always wondered when the 500's got coiled cords as I've seen them with straight ones on some 50's TV shows and movies. I have a 500 model dated 1950 that has a different layout of its components than the later ones. I've always wanted to find a straight cord for that one, as I'm sure that's what it had originally. But I can't even guess on when they stopped using straight cords. Hopefully someone else here knows.

Thanks for the info on trash compactors.

 

[oldhouseman]

Don't fret none.....

The phone did not get thrown out, it went to a collector friend. He told me the internalparts were a mess and what you can't see in the pic is that the other side of the housing is broken off totally from where someone tried to tear it off the wall attempting to steal it. The house was vancant for many years before I bought it. Right now the phone is in peices on a workbench getting cleaned up.