Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Life With Luigi – The Phone Booth (1952)

Luigi Bosco installs a phone booth in his antique shop to drum up business, but attracts nothing more than a…

12 years ago

Working Phone Box: Ilfracombe, In the County of Devon

Paul Voller writes with news of an actual working phone box in the south west of England. Mr. Voller notes…

12 years ago

Seattle: Dial a Downtown Office Building!

Val Vashon checks in again from Seattle, Washington, with a random collection of payphones from the downtown core.

12 years ago

British Telecom Public Telephone Commercial, 1988

This 1988 commercial from British Telecom depicts an era of public telephony that has nearly disappeared.

12 years ago

US West Payphone Commercial, 1993

US West set up a (fake) payphone spy cam in this 1993 television commercial.

12 years ago

Inspector Clouseau on the Button Phone

Lots of amusing phone booth payphonery in this excerpt from the 1968 film "Inspector Clouseau", starring Alan Arkin.

12 years ago

People Whose Lives You Probably Do Not Understand Still Use Payphones

The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 5…

12 years ago

People Who Are Not Allowed To Have Cellphones At Their Jobs Need Payphones

The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 4…

12 years ago

Greyhound Bus Station Payphone

Greyhound Bus Station Payphone. 630 West Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60606

12 years ago

People Who Are Not Rich Like You Still Need Payphones

The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 3…

12 years ago