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OBJECT TYPE: METAL/PORTABLE/MANUAL/3 COIN SLOT
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0037.001

MANUFACTURER: GRAY TELEPHONE PAY STATION CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 28386
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, CARRYING HANDLE, SWITCH HOOK, INSTRUCTION PLATE, COIN BOX, & SPIRAL COIN CHUTES/ BRASS LOCK & SERIAL NO. PLATES, XMTR. & RECEIVER RIMS, EARPIECE CENTRE, GONGS & CLAPPER/ BAKELITE HANDSET/ PAPER INSTRUCTION CARD/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ FELT COIN BOX PAD.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 18.8 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Height: 27.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GRAY TELEPHONE
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Hartford

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1930
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OPERATED BY COIN INPUT.
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY PAY STATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PAPER INSTRUCTION CARD: 'THE NUMBER OF THIS PHONE IS/ 30 [IN PENCIL]/DO NOT DEPOSIT MONEY/ UNTIL OPERATOR ASKS FOR IT'/ INCISED SERIAL NO. PLATE: '28386'/ INCISED INTERIOR COIN BOX: '14E134'.
Missing: HANDSET COULD BE STROMBERG-CARLSON.
Finish: BLACKENAMELED STEEL, EXCEPT SPIRAL COIN CHUTE/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS PLATES; & STEEL SPIRAL COIN CHUTE/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON & FELT/ FADED & DIRTY PAPER INSTRUCTION CARD, WITH RED INK LETTERING.
Decoration: OCTAGON SHAPED EARPIECE CENTRE.

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GRAY TELEPHONE PAY STATION CO., Telephone, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1978.0037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0037.001/

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