Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

“Cabine of the Dead”, by Vincent Templement

"Cabine of the Dead" from French director Vincent Templement is good old-fashioned zombie phone booth fun to start your week.

9 years ago

Maestro Moses Josiah on the Musical Saw, Heard Through a Times Square Payphone

Maestro Moses Josiah's Musical Saw sounds mysterious and strange when heard through a public pay telephone. Listen through the crackle…

9 years ago

Anatomy of a Payphone Call. PTS Payphone, Rockefeller Center, NYC.

A Rockefeller Center payphone customer spotted April 12, 2016; using a PTS (Pacific Telemanagement Services) payphone.

9 years ago

LinkNYC. The Word on the Street: “It’s Amazing!”

The best way to be heard and clearly understood when placing a call through a Link is to yell. That…

9 years ago

Payphones of “The Man in the High Castle”

Payphones make frequent appearances in TMITHC, a fantasy/science fiction series which explores the hypothetical reality of what North America might…

9 years ago

New York Public Telephones: There’s Nothing More New York

Once in a while in my research a charming cultural relic surfaces, such as this peppy New York Telephone commercial…

9 years ago

This Payphone Survived the Blizzard

This payphone stood strong throughout the second biggest snowstorm in NYC history.

10 years ago

A Streetview Tour of Houston’s Many Payphones

Houston, Texas, boasts the nation's 2nd largest payphone population. A StreetView tour shows areas where they can be found every…

10 years ago

“The Payphone Millionaire” – A Short Film With a Seasonal Message.

This seasonally tinctured film from IYOBOSA STUDIOS tells the story of "Laura from the Bronx", who answers a ringing payphone…

10 years ago

Christmas Through a Payphone: “O Holy Night”

Whenever I hear a subway busker or street musician performing I look for the nearest payphone. If one is nearby,…

10 years ago