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Pay phones' century of change from needs to ubiquity
A history of coin controlled telephones tracing the 100 year arc from the Hartford Bank pay phone to two million public devices nationwide. It notes key milestones including the Jamestown booth, Cincinnati's first outdoor booth in 1905, and security measures to deter coin theft, with references to Gray and Intellicall.
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New York
Yilsa Ban Gray
Hartford Bank
Hartford
Conn
United States
West Virginia
Gray
Connecticut
Grand Central Ter
Cincinnaati
Clark Kent
Sug
de Comics
Stockade Dermott
Ark
Charles Sidney Gibson