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The first Magee Hale Park-O-Meter debuted in Oklahoma City
The first Park-O-Meter, Magee Hale No 1, was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16 1935. Magee and Gerald Hale developed the coin controlled device, leading to widespread use by 1941 with 251 U.S. cities adopting meters. The piece traces origins, early adoption, and public reaction across multiple cities including Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Iowa City and Omaha.
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Magee-Hale
Oklahoma City
Carlton Cole Magee
Iowa
Fayette
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Northern Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Magee
Albuquerque
Teapot Dome
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
The
Oklahoma News
Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Hale
Iowa City
Sioux City
Iowa Supreme Court
Ottumwa
Public Safety Department
University of Iowa Engineering
Huber O. Croft
the Gazette
Washington and
College Streets
Clinton
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
E.A. Prochaska
Park-O-Meter Co