Payphones Past

Pyongyang, North Korea

13 years ago

Pyongyang, North Korea Payphone

Payphones News From Texas, Canada, and Brazil

13 years ago

A summary of recent payphone news looks at stories from San Antonio, Canada, and Brazil.

Alfred Hitchcock: Phone Booth Scene from “The Birds”

13 years ago

The Payphone Project steps through the famous phone booth scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"

Is That Really A Verizon Payphone?

13 years ago

A recent development in New York City payphones probably caught the attention of absolutely nobody but it represents a rare…

Out of Change?

13 years ago

Out of change? Need to make a phone call? This abandoned payphone in Long Island City, Queens, would be no…

SKUZZ Payphone

13 years ago

The name sayzz it all.

Dialing Instructions, Coastal Communications Payphone

13 years ago

For local calls - Deposit 25¢ for 3 minutes, dial number (Overtime is 10ยข for an additional 2 minutes). NOTE:…

Payphone Profundity

13 years ago

I interpret this vigorous scrawl of vandalism as an expression of the cacophonous noise of silence and an inability to…

1961 Bell Telephone Ad: This was the first telephone booth

13 years ago

It was "invented" in 1877, two years after the telephone itself. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson, his assistant,…