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Japanese Payphone-1960 Pink- 10 Yen Pink Payphone

Introduced in 1959, Japan’s “pink phones” used ordinary subscriber lines to provide simplified public telephone access inside cafés, hospitals, apartments, and shops. More flexible than traditional street payphones, they could be installed wherever subscribers wished, blending private and public communication and greatly expanding telephone availability in everyday urban life.

Name47AD telephone
Pink- 10 Yen Pink Payphone
Date1959
ManufacturerTamura Electric Works for NTT
LinksAs used in Australia
As used in Greece

Development of the 1960 Pink- 10 Yen Pink Payphone

47AD telephone
In 1959 (Showa 34), a new system (special simplified public telephone), commonly known as the “pink telephone,” began public telephone service. It was installed in places with relatively high customer traffic, such as private hospitals, coffee shops, and inns. Unlike the commissioned red public telephones and cabinets, it was installed inside the building at the request of the customer (subscriber). Year of manufacture: 1964. Manufacturer: Tamura Electric Works Co., Ltd.
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