Gray 10A Shield Paystation
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co.Gray Telephone Pay Station Co.Founded by William Gray in Hartford, Connecticut in 1891, Gray Telephone Pay Station Company pioneered the coin-operated payphone. Gray received the first practical payphone patent in 1889, inspired by being refused use of a factory telephone during a family emergency. The company's first payphone was installed on a Hartford street corner outside a bank. By 1902 there were 81,000 payphones across America, many built by Gray. The company was renamed Gray Manufacturing in 1939, and the pay station division was acquired by Automatic Electric in 1948. · payphone, American · Source: Dick Erickson
About This Phone
These 5, 10, and 25 cent shield paystations were originally painted red, blue and silver. The shape is that of the Independent telephone companies and also the Union Pacific Railways logo. This one is mounted on a plain oak Stromberg Carlson wallphone.
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