Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

GoodFellas Diner: The Payphones

Famous among fans of Martin Scorsese's film "GoodFellas" this relatively isolated outpost is home to the one and only truck…

11 years ago

Yachris Market. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

An abandoned payphone in Boston, the city that is home to America's second largest payphone population. Most of Boston's public…

11 years ago

“Hang Up” – A Payphone Documentary By Ugo Massa

UPDATE, OCTOBER, 2014: The trailer for "Hang Up" has been released. Click here to watch. The photo below was taken…

11 years ago

TOO MANY ZOOZ, Payphone Style.

The hottest band playing in the New York City subway system these days has got to be TOO MANY ZOOZ.…

11 years ago

Rotary Payphone Customer, 1973.

MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OF SOUTH BEACH, 06/1973. ARC Identifier 548611 / Local Identifier 412-DA-6124. Item from Record Group…

11 years ago

Myanmar: Community Payphone Operator

About a decade ago satellite-powered community payphones exploded in popularity throughout Africa. The continent's virtually non-existent civilian landline infrastructure cried…

11 years ago

Pay Phone Hidden Inside a Jersey City Business

Val Vashon writes again with this payphone discovery in Jersey City, New Jersey. While walking to the laundromat in Jersey…

11 years ago

Brass Band at Times Square Subway, Heard Through a Payphone

Subway musicians sound different when heard through a payphone. Heck, everything sounds different when heard through the raspy, rugged, monochrome…

11 years ago

“La Cabina” (1972)

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

12 years ago