Payphones Past

Midtown Manhattan Payphone User. September, 1999.

5 years ago

Rummaging through old photos, found this one today. It's a Midtown Manhattan payphone user, with an arrow for emphasis, from…

Study of Another Abandoned, Useless Payphone Enclosure

5 years ago

This payphone, which does not work and contains no display advertising to subsidize its existence, serves no purpose whatsoever, and…

Video: Study of an Abandoned, Non-Working CityBridge Payphone

5 years ago

What the title says. CityBridge has a monopoly franchise on NYC's outdoor payphones. With no competition they can get away…

Northern Boulevard Has Lost Its Dial Tone

5 years ago

One payphone carcass stuffed into the hedges, and another hunk of nothing with no advertising panels or dial tone help…

That’s No Prop. I Remember That Payphone From “Party Monster” (2003)

5 years ago

I think this is the first time I've seen a payphone in a movie or on television that I recognized…

Payphone Scenes From “Scarface” (Strong Language)

5 years ago

New York City payphones make a couple of appearances in this violent, obscenity-filled movie.

Dialing 412-250-2751 Rings This Payphone in Carolina Beach, North Carolina

5 years ago

If you want to reach out and touch someone, a total stranger, most likely, here's your chance. Bill Carew, from…

Some Payphone Innards For Your Wednesday

5 years ago

PPTs (Public Pay Telephones) have complicated digestive systems. This is from 6th Avenue around 50th Street last week. Wishing the…

Dude Screaming Into a Payphone Outside the Old C-Town. Astoria. August, 2010.

5 years ago

This payphone disappeared not long after I got this shot, in August, 2010. I remember the hoarsely glottal loudness of…

From Sarah Steffens/Brian Louderback: Four In a Row Outside the Sacramento County Main Jail

5 years ago

The greater Sacramento, CA, area still has a good number of working payphones. Here are four of them on I…