Payphones Past

1943: WOrth 2-8354, Rotary Dial Payphone

12 years ago

Shorpy.com features a 1943 photo of a young sailor using a rotary-dial payphone marked with a phone number in the…

Val Vashon: Payphones Across America

12 years ago

Val Vashon writes: "I had to drive a TV satellite truck from Washington State to New Jersey for Superbowl coverage…

“La Cabina” (1972)

12 years ago

"La Cabina" ("The Telephone Box") is a short Spanish film from 1972 directed by Antonio Mercero and starring José Luis…

Glamour Job: MTA Subway Payphone Inspector

12 years ago

I spotted this gentleman some months ago, performing a job I did not think actually existed. A Metropolitan Transit Authority…

Short Film: The Last Phone Booth.

12 years ago

Creepy dealings inside a phone booth in Adirondack, New York. The film stars Dan Rebeiz and Caleb Rosenberg.

Guildford, England. Payphone Action Shot.

12 years ago

"This phone box stands alone outside of Guildford's local magistrates court and car park. I often see people using it…

Abbott & Costello: ALexander 4444 (Payphone Sketch)

12 years ago

Funny sketch from Abbott and Costello, posted to Youtube by Kovacs Corner.

Abandoned Payphone. Outside a Car Wash.

12 years ago

It's a picture of one of the hundreds of abandoned payphone carcasses littering New York City's streets.

Surrender This Envelope To Get A $10 Rate

12 years ago

Manhattan payphones are being vandalized with stickers bearing a seemingly mysterious message. What does it mean?

Abandoned Payphone. Flatbush, Brooklyn.

12 years ago

An abandoned payphone at 2130 Caton Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn