Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Right Turn Permitted On Red. February, 2012.

Red-jacketed New York City man using a Titan payphone. February, 2012.

13 years ago

Partially Melted Rotary Dial Payphone.

August, 2009: Picture of a partially melted telephone at Miss Lyndonville Diner, Lyndonville, Vermont.

13 years ago

Another Face Where the Payphone Used To Be. February, 2012

I swear I see faces where the payphones used to be. Am I crazy? Are you crazy? Is there a…

13 years ago

Hays, Kansas. Al’s Chickenette Fried Chicken. May, 2003.

May, 2003. Hays, Kansas. Picture of a Payphone outside Al's Chickenette Fried Chicken, with links to more Kansas payphone and…

13 years ago

Step Into the New York Public Library Phone Booths

I first shared photos of these hoary old wood phone booths at the New York Public Library in 1999, when…

14 years ago

The Panic in Needle Park. Phone Booth. 1971.

Screengrab of a Volkswagen and a green Manhattan phone booth from the 1971 film "The Panic in Needle Park."

14 years ago

Radio Disney Payphone Opera

I sometimes hear, very faintly, the sound of Radio Disney when I pick up certain payphones. Today that sound of…

14 years ago

Rocky

"Rocky" using a payphone. From "The Rockford Files."

14 years ago

February 3, 2012, 3:24pm

A man using a payphone. February 3, 2012.

14 years ago

Phone Booth – Short Film

Geet Sharma's short film "Phone Booth" uses a malfunctioning payphone as a metaphor for corruption in India. The film is…

14 years ago