General Information

Serial #

174HX

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, INSET RECEIVER COVER, INSET XMTR. BACK, XMTR. & BINRINGER BRACKETS, COIN CHUTE & CONDENSER/ BRASS INDUCTION COIL & CONDENSER BRACKETS, INSET XMTR. CARBON BUTTON ASSEMBLY, TERMINALS, CONTACT SPRINGS; COIN BOX CHUTE, SLOTS & RETURN; FINGER STOP, GONG, PLATE, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. COVER, BRASS DIAL & PLATE, & NO. PLATE RIM; PLASTIC COIL & NO. PLATE COVERS; BAKELITE SPOOL ENDS, INSULATORS, RECEIVER, & MOUTHPIECE; COTTON COATED WIRE; WOODEN TERMINAL PLATE

Dimensions

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

Length

21.5 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

46.5 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. 1951

Canada

THIS TYPE WAS USED EXTENSIVELY IN CANADA.

Function

TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OPERATED BY COIN INPUT.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED: FRONT: 'The Gray Telephone Pay Station Company/ and Western Electric Company Inc. Makers'; PLATE: 'CODE NO. 150-HJ/ PATENTED IN U.S.A./ 1383472/ 1510893/ 1532706/ 1886409 1888956/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ THE GRAY TELEPHONE PAY STATION CO./ HARTFORD, CONN.'; LOCK: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC/ MADE IN U.S.A./ PAT. PENDING/ 10-G'; BAND: 'III 51'/ BLACK STAMPED: COIN CHUTE: 'P-339529/ 2-12-52'; COIN BOX CHUTE: '1-35'; BIN RINGER: '1-56'; GONG: '654-A'/RAISED LETTERED: DIAL BACK: '63A'; XMTR. BACK: '635B ['B' IN WHITE]'; RECEIVER:'PAT. 1918 143'/ RED STAMPED TELEPHONE BACK: '174HX'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK PAINTED STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, INSET RECEIVER COVER & XMTR. BACK, XMTR. BRACKET, & COIN BOX; & BRASS PLATE, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. COVER, DIAL & PLATE, & NO. PLATE RIM/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS TERMINALS; COINBOX SLOT, CHUTE & RETURN; FINGER STOP, & GONG; & STEEL COIN CHUTE & CONDENSER/ BRASS PLATED STEEL BIN RINGER BRACKET/ GREEN PLASTIC COIL COVERS/ BLACK BAKE- LITE, EXCEPT BROWN SPOOL ENDS & INSULATORS/ BROWN COTTON.

Decoration

INCISED & BLACK PAINTED COIN SLOTS READ: '5', '10', & '25'/ BLACK ENAMELED DIAL PLATE, WITH WHITE 'PETAL' SHAPED BACKGROUND, MARKED WITH BLACK LETTERS AND RED NUMBERS.