Western Electric 152C
Western Electric 152C, an anti side tone, post pay, manual payphone. These phones were converted in the 1950s from earlier models such as 50G etc. This model was used in a rural environment on a magneto system. To get the operator you would crank to ring her. The operator would ask for all cons to be deposited. Once a coin is dropped it goes directly to the vault and there is no return mechanism.
