Chicago Telephone Gray Pay Station
Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
1905
No. 2 Silver Dollar Pay Station
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Gray Telephone Pay StationGray Telephone Pay StationFounded 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. · payphones, American · Source/via: Walt Aydelotte
About This Phone
An early walnut silver dollar pay station, typically used in public places.
Circa 1900.
Circa 1900.
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