WE Model 500 Colors and Model 2500
In 1954, Western Electric began producing the Model 500 in colors, some of the available ones shown here. So you didn't have a choice of model, you could at least pick a color besides black. The Bell System introduced Touch Tone pushbutton dialing in 1964 and Western Electric began producing the Model 2500. First the 2500 had olny 10 buttons but later had 12 buttons, adding # and * and explaining these were for "future use".
WE Model 500 Colors and Model 2500
In 1954, Western Electric began producing the Model 500 in colors, some of the available ones shown here. So you didn't have a choice of model, you could at least pick a color besides black. The Bell System introduced Touch Tone pushbutton dialing in 1964 and Western Electric began producing the Model 2500. First the 2500 had olny 10 buttons but later had 12 buttons, adding # and * and explaining these were for "future use".