Payphones Past

Payphone Confidential

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MacAllister Stone writes: "My personal experiences with payphones over the years tend toward the middle-of-the-night, damn-I'm-in-a-fix variety. You know the…

19 years ago

Wales: Couple hope to keep lonely pay phone

"John and Jane Hughes have a telephone at home, but it only takes incoming calls. They got into the habit…

19 years ago

Architecture of Waiting

Alexander Trevi on the architecture of waiting: "... landscapes of waiting. The anticipation of a call, or the prank call,…

19 years ago

Sweethearts of the Switchboard

"During an era when women were only expected to fill the strict roles of nurse, wife or school teacher, these…

20 years ago

Chicago Maroon: Traveling and telephones: a cultural gap

"I’m convinced that while making a lot of phone calls involves little actual work, it is a tremendously draining activity.…

21 years ago