Telephone Pay Station Model
MakerMade by
Gray Telephone Pay Station Company
(American, founded 1891)
Date1907-1920
Mediumsteel, wood
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of the Estate of George A. Long
Object number1959.91.6a-c
DescriptionModel of a pay telephone machine with a coin slot at the top with slots for 25¢, 10¢, and 5¢ mounted on top of a silver piece of steel, which would normally have the speaking part, but since it is missing, there is an empty, round portion at the top where it would go and four round holes of different sizes below. On the left side is a slot for a receiver. The bottom section is a hollow black box with the “Coin Return” on the left side. The back section is the plate which fits over the entire component. On the left side is a receiver arm.
Status
Not on view
Gray Telephone Pay Station Company
Southern New England Telephone Company
Richard Welling
