| Name | Gray 96 E10 3 slot payphone with dial with combined receiver |
| Date | 1921-33 |
| Manufacturer | Gray/Western Electric Model 50K Payphone. Images BELOW- with special thanks to https://oldphoneshop.com/ |
Development of the Gray 96 E10 3 slot payphone
| The Gray 96 E10 was a three-slot, prepay, dial-equipped payphone representing a mature stage of Gray pay-station development. Designed for automatic exchanges, it combined Gray coin-control engineering with standardized telephone components. Features such as the “salad fork” switch hook, flat lead coin chute, double coin relay, and heavy vault hardware reflect the emphasis on durability, auditability, and fraud resistance. The use of a porcelain rural-numbers-only dial plate indicates deployment in less urbanised networks, while the wood terminal board and Type 41 handset place the model within early-to-mid twentieth-century Bell System technical practice. |
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