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I suppose way back in ancient times there were lots and lots of them.
Anyway, the ones I can think of, aside from North (which is still in
business) were Stromberg-Carlson, and Kellogg (Switchboard and Supply,
not the breakfast cereal outfit), and Automatic Electric, and Leich.

Then someone mentioned Gray telephone pay stations, and I distinctly
remember seeing once in a non-Bell town a pay phone with a name
something like "The Gray Telephone Pay Station Company" on it - other
than that and the Automatic Electric dial it looked just like a
Western Electric phone.