Payphones Past

Some Los Angeles Area Payphone Numbers

13 years ago

213-387-5725 DPSS 2601 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 213-387-7056 DPSS 2601 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 213-387-7068 DPSS 2601 Wilshire Blvd. Los…

Hays, Kansas. Al’s Chickenette Fried Chicken. May, 2003.

13 years ago

May, 2003. Hays, Kansas. Picture of a Payphone outside Al's Chickenette Fried Chicken, with links to more Kansas payphone and…

Washington, D.C.: Payphones Without Representation

13 years ago

It looks like no one is responsible for maintaining public telephones in Washington, D.C.'s Metro. The Washington Examiner Reports on…

Step Into the New York Public Library Phone Booths

13 years ago

I first shared photos of these hoary old wood phone booths at the New York Public Library in 1999, when…

Payphone Projects

13 years ago

A couple of payphone-related items that allude to this site in name and/or spirit crossed my desk last week. The…

The Panic in Needle Park. Phone Booth. 1971.

14 years ago

Screengrab of a Volkswagen and a green Manhattan phone booth from the 1971 film "The Panic in Needle Park."

Radio Disney Payphone Opera

14 years ago

I sometimes hear, very faintly, the sound of Radio Disney when I pick up certain payphones. Today that sound of…

Rocky

14 years ago

"Rocky" using a payphone. From "The Rockford Files."

More Payphone Scam News

14 years ago

For each toll-free call made from a payphone the owner of the phone gets about 50ยข in FCC-mandated dial-around compensation.…

February 3, 2012, 3:24pm

14 years ago

A man using a payphone. February 3, 2012.