Late 19th Century Cast Iron Telephone Pay Station picnic JM - 080322 - 104819

JM - 080322 - 104819

Collection of small

With a multitude of drawers in a large variety of sizes

MM - 301448 - 062223

Artist: Tiefeng Jiang (Chinese

Late 19th Century Cast Iron Telephone Pay Station picnic JM - 080322 - 104819Gray Automatic Telephone Pay Station Co. Hartford, CT Antique cast iron telephone pay station. This piece was designed and manufactured by William Gray and his eponymous pay station company in 1898. The coin operated mechanism was used to prepay for outgoing calls and would have been connected to a bank of telephones. An electronic signal would be sent to a central operator who would be notified of the prepayment and patch the call through. The