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The '''Shell Phone''' is a Western Electric three slot payphone housed in a Gladwin Plastics Pearl Shelf-ette GP-4400 telephone mounting. It was originally installed in the lobby of the Polynesia restaurant on Pier 51 in downtown Seattle. When the building was condemned, an unidentified person salvaged the phone and eventually donated it to the museum. | The '''Shell Phone''' is a Western Electric [[three slot payphone]] housed in a Gladwin Plastics Pearl Shelf-ette GP-4400 telephone mounting. It was originally installed in the lobby of the Polynesia restaurant on Pier 51 in downtown Seattle. When the building was condemned, an unidentified person salvaged the phone and eventually donated it to the museum. Both Polynesia and Pier 51 have now been demolished. | ||
[[File:Gladwin Public Tel Mountings 1964 catalog cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of the 1964 Gladwin Public Telephone Mountings catalog which featured the Pearl Shelf-ette]] | [[File:Gladwin Public Tel Mountings 1964 catalog cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of the 1964 Gladwin Public Telephone Mountings catalog which featured the Pearl Shelf-ette]] | ||
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The Shell Phone is a Western Electric three slot payphone housed in a Gladwin Plastics Pearl Shelf-ette GP-4400 telephone mounting. It was originally installed in the lobby of the Polynesia restaurant on Pier 51 in downtown Seattle. When the building was condemned, an unidentified person salvaged the phone and eventually donated it to the museum. Both Polynesia and Pier 51 have now been demolished.
