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Rittenhouse Ambassador E-403-B This handsome chime from Rittenhouse featured a translucent Catalin Plastic cover and a night-light feature. This was a direct competitor of the Nutone… Read More »Rittenhouse Ambassador

Mell-O-Chime Stylist Door Chime Model 511 This vintage Mell-o-Chime doorbell came to the museum unused in a branded “temporary carton”. The Model 511 Stylist, featured… Read More »Mell-o-Chime Stylist

Chimes vs Doorbells The premise that a doorbell made noise and a door chime was pleasant to the ears was quite the hot topic in… Read More »Doorbells vs Chimes

A Doorbell Renaissance at Sears with Rittenhouse The Sears 1964 catalogs were a bit of a door chime renaissance at Sears. The Fall 1964 Big-Book… Read More »Doorbell Renaissance

New Materials and a New Brand of Doorbells at Sears After enduring a lengthy depression and the austerity of a total war effort, 1950s America… Read More »Plastic

Sears’ Doorbells Ring-In Post War Prosperity Following the War, America was optimistic. Returning service men started families in record numbers. Suburbs with millions of new… Read More »Postwar

Sears’ brief Silvertone Era 1940-1941 With an America in economic recovery, Sears expanded their line of door chimes for the new decade. The 1940 Spring… Read More »The Silvertone Era

Early Door Chimes at Sears the 1930s The depression era market for doorbells fell precipitously along with the steep drop in construction. U.S. housing starts… Read More »Sears First Door Chimes

On these pages you will find interesting information about doorbells and door chimes. Check back as I put up new exhibits and content. Doorbells in Miniature:… Read More »The Doorbell Museum

The History of Doorbells in Sears Catalogs 1896 to 1993 Sears Catalogs were the “internet superstore” for much of the last century. Sears’ “Big Book”… Read More »Historic Sears Doorbells