Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Street Mule — And The Howler — Heard Through a Times Square Payphone

Listen in as a payphone call goes horribly wrong, blasting The Howler into a call which should have been free…

8 years ago

Two in a Row From Barbara Van der Aue

Phone booth photos from Michigan And Missouri, taken by a follower of the Payphone Project Facebook page.

8 years ago

Video Payphones: Are We There Yet?

The Picturephone scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, released in 1968, shows what Stanley Kubrick thought payphones would look like…

8 years ago

On Being Seen

I finally watched the "CBS Sunday Morning" segment that aired a few months ago. It's good!

8 years ago

Times Square Busker Heard Through a LinkNYC Device

This is the first decent quality recording I've made of a New York City street musician as heard through a…

8 years ago

O’Hare Airport Has Payphones. Lots Of Them.

Val Vashon checks in again to report that Chicago's O'Hare Airport has a surprising quantity of payphones, and they all…

8 years ago

Phone Booth Scene from “Number Please?” (1920)

The phone booth scene steals the show in the 1920 short film "Number Please", starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.

8 years ago

Was This the Work of PRAY on a Port Authority Bus Terminal Payphone?

Close-up of a Port Authority Bus Terminal payphone bearing scratches echoing the work of PRAY, New York's legendary scratchiti artist.

8 years ago

Faded and Fried in Potter County, Pennsylvania

Angela Lutz, who follows the Payphone Project Facebook page, shared these photos of a miserable looking specimen of payphone from…

8 years ago

Strange Beeps From Rockefeller Center’s Last Payphone

Strange beeps coming from a Rockefeller Center payphone might have some meaning, or they might not. Anyone with knowledge of…

8 years ago