Finally, a complete one

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by TinCanAlley

My coming here has brought me luck. I just purchased the following from ebay. I don't need the outlet, but the cover plate is an exact match for the original of the aerial plug and matches the wall switch and outlet cover plates. This is the first time I have found a cover plate that matches what is in the buildings. I guess that since switches get used regularly, the plates get damaged more often and are replaced. Too bad I haven't found any of those yet.

In reguards to those outlet and switch covers you are saying that you are having a hard time finding those are Leviton and are from the 1940s and 1950s, the church I grew up in had pretty much every single outlet and lightswitch in the building utilizing that particular outlet and switch plate style with that exact pattern, except they were black and not white, anyways I'd say that was actually a fairly common switch and outlet plate pattern (even my grandparent's old house had some switch and outlet plates like that in there), probably the reason why you aren't finding them is because the ReStore is probably selling out of them before you can get to them because lots of home rehabbers are buying them up for fixing up their period home, because I know that at my local ReStore I've seen those type of switch and outlet plates all the time there, I just don't need them so I don't buy them, but they are around you just need to hit up the ReStore at thet right time.
Good luck.

[TinCanAlley]

Originally Posted by Captainclock

In reguards to those outlet and switch covers you are saying that you are having a hard time finding those are Leviton and are from the 1940s and 1950s, the church I grew up in had pretty much every single outlet and lightswitch in the building utilizing that particular outlet and switch plate style with that exact pattern, except they were black and not white, anyways I'd say that was actually a fairly common switch and outlet plate pattern (even my grandparent's old house had some switch and outlet plates like that in there), probably the reason why you aren't finding them is because the ReStore is probably selling out of them before you can get to them because lots of home rehabbers are buying them up for fixing up their period home, because I know that at my local ReStore I've seen those type of switch and outlet plates all the time there, I just don't need them so I don't buy them, but they are around you just need to hit up the ReStore at thet right time.
Good luck.

This one of the major issues with living in L.A., CA. They destroy just about everything on a regular basis. Seems that, maybe, at one point in time these were plentiful here, but lost to renovations and such over the years.

I see there are two or three ReStore places around here. I wonder if they have items going back more than 10 or 20 years. Guess I'll have to make a trip or two and check them out.

[TinCanAlley]

Well the single outlet plate arrived today. A little cleaning and it was good to go. It looks good all together, but this picture shows I have a little more detail work to do on the receptacle. A couple of the letters and some of the grooves are still showing signs of paint. I really wish that cheap and fast paint jobs weren't the norm. They painted everything and doing that numerous times over the years leaves many layers to remove.

I once removed the cover plates before a paint job on a vacant apartment, only to come back afterwards to find they painted the darn outlets!

Anyway, thanks for all the input and help.