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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
More Information
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.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0037.001/
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