Early Telephone Trade Card -- J.M. Fudge, Manufacturer of the Muncie Vibrating Telephone

Muncie, Indiana: J.M. Fudge, 1905. Near-fine. Minor toning.. An early telephone trade card promoting the "Muncie Vibrating Telephone" sold by J.M. Fudge of Muncie, Indiana. Fudge markets his product as "unquestionably the best Telephone of its Class" and "Unequalled for Lines from One to Three Miles in Length". Includes an illustration of the device on the left. Fudge seems to have been active in the business c.1905; he died in 1913. Printed card measures 2.75" by 4.75" The telephone is marketed as "vibrating" to let the receiver know a call was coming in.