Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Abbé Franz Liszt Talking on a 5th Avenue Payphone as Cosima Wagner Looks On. Summer, 2016.

Not impressed by Dall-E's attempts at American-style payphones. Or Franz Liszt. Or Cosima Wagner. Or Warren Beatty.

2 years ago

PRAY-Spotting in the Movies.

Thanks to Diggy64 in the comments section of 2020's article "PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan" we now know that work…

3 years ago

VIDEO: What Happens When Trying to Make a Call Through CityBridge’s Last “Official” Street Payphones?

I brought out my boss field recorder to get all the audio of what happens when one tries to make…

3 years ago

Red Scarf on a Warm Day

A woman wearing a red scarf on a warm day made this seem like something more than just another photo…

4 years ago

Working Payphone in Darien, Georgia. Photos by Daniel Hopsicker.

This working payphone stands outside the Darien Telephone Company building in Darien, Georgia. Shot on film last month this enclosure…

4 years ago

Garry Winogrand Talking on the Payphone

This photo of Gerry Winogrand, using a Midtown Manhattan phone booth in 1967, reminds me that while I have no…

4 years ago

Phone Booth Scene From “Witness” (1985)

A website visitor directed me to this phone booth scene from the 1985 film Witness, starring Harrison Ford. Ford is…

4 years ago

Some Phone Booths in Movies

A random but interesting collection of phone booth scenes from some movies I've watched either recently or not-so-recently. "One Night…

4 years ago

Video: Some Midtown Payphones Revisited. May 6, 2021.

Looks like most of the payphones formerly found on the side streets of Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center down to…

4 years ago