Payphones Past

Payphone Confidential

Rogue Payphone Sighting

You don't see too many rogue payphones in New York. When you do you might want to move on to…

12 years ago

Underdog Communications: The Fine Print

Dialing instructions and other unreadable text matter fine print from a defunct payphone once owned by Underdog Communications .

12 years ago

NYTEL Payphone: The Fine Print

Dialing Instructions and other text matter from an NYTEL payphone, abandoned years ago.

12 years ago

1971: Why the street corner phone is no longer in danger of becoming extinct.

1971 advertisement promoting Western Electric's "armored pay phone".

12 years ago

Reliatel International Inc.: The Fine Print

Dialing instructions and other text matter from a Reliatel International Inc. pay telephone. Reliatel is now defunct.

12 years ago

BAS Communications: The Fine Print

Dialing instructions and other text matter from a BAS Communications public telephone.

12 years ago

Old School NYNEX Public Phone Signage. April, 2013.

I spotted this old school NYNEX Public Phone sign lurking over a Queens subway station.

12 years ago

Paca-Tel Payphones: The Fine Print

Dialing instructions and other hard-to-read minutiæ found on a Paca-Tel payphone.

12 years ago

Coastal Communications: The Fine Print

Dialing instructions and other hard-to-read minutiæ found on a Coastal Communications payphone.

12 years ago

Titan: The Fine Print

Dialing Instruction found on a Titan Payphone.

12 years ago