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The fanciest Trimline phone with push-buttons, instead of a rotary dial was sold for about $55, which is just under $150 today.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2019

Each cabinet is provided with two rows of thirteen push-buttons, those in the top row marked with a letter, those in the bottom row with a number.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2010

Underneath the slits was a literal panoply of the brass fittings of speaking-tubes and levers and push-buttons, which would have puzzled even the "Hello, Central" girl.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick

"Be ready, Sergeant," calls the officer, warningly, to a non-commissioned officer who stands before a board on the wall on which are several electric push-buttons, each numbered.

From The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam by Durham, Victor G.

Nearly every house has use for one or more push-buttons.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)