Payphone Pictures & Sounds – The Payphone Project

Abbé Franz Liszt Talking on a 5th Avenue Payphone as Cosima Wagner Looks On. Summer, 2016.

the payphone project — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:24:21 +0000

Not impressed by Dall-E's attempts at American-style payphones. Or Franz Liszt. Or Cosima Wagner. Or Warren Beatty.

[VIDEO] Checking in from Yet Another “Last Payphone of New York City”

the payphone project — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:14:53 +0000

I have more triggers than I thought. Others to come?

PRAY-Spotting in the Movies.

the payphone project — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 21:58:15 +0000

Thanks to Diggy64 in the comments section of 2020’s article “PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan” we now know that work of the immortal scratchiti artist PRAY made an appearance in 1984’s Brother From Another Planet and other films as well. Here is PRAY’s appearance from that film, at about 44:38. Look for more discussion of…

VIDEO: What Happens When Trying to Make a Call Through CityBridge’s Last “Official” Street Payphones?

the payphone project — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 22:53:40 +0000

I brought out my boss field recorder to get all the audio of what happens when one tries to make phone calls through CityBridge’s West End Avenue phone booths. I’ve done this before but only with partial audio recorded through my camera’s mic. This time I brought a field recorder and a Radio Shack suction-cup thingy used to record phone calls.

Red Scarf on a Warm Day

the payphone project — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:00:27 +0000

A woman wearing a red scarf on a warm day made this seem like something more than just another photo of someone using a payphone. Did she know I was taking her picture?

Working Payphone in Darien, Georgia. Photos by Daniel Hopsicker.

the payphone project — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:24:39 +0000

This working payphone stands outside the Darien Telephone Company building in Darien, Georgia. Shot on film last month this enclosure has a dome-covered light fixture resembling the prop payphone used in “Little Miss Sunshine.” No word on whether the light worked on this old enclosure in Darien. Photos are by Daniel Hopsicker, a regular contributor…

Garry Winogrand Talking on the Payphone

the payphone project — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 13:56:16 +0000

This photo of Gerry Winogrand, using a Midtown Manhattan phone booth in 1967, reminds me that while I have no real nostalgia for phone booths I do miss the calming, thought-slowing act of dialing a number on a rotary dial telephone.

Phone Booth Scene From “Witness” (1985)

the payphone project — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:59:39 +0000

A website visitor directed me to this phone booth scene from the 1985 film Witness, starring Harrison Ford. Ford is seen using a payphone in a phone booth at WL Zimmerman’s store (now Lestz Wholesale) in Lancaster County, PA. https://youtu.be/kiKTfMoNAOs What makes this scene different from most is that the phone booth was not a…

Some Phone Booths in Movies

the payphone project — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:18:53 +0000

A random but interesting collection of phone booth scenes from some movies I've watched either recently or not-so-recently. "One Night in Miami", "Stranger Than Fiction", "Absence of Malice", and "Three Days of the Condor" all include payphone and phone booth scenes of varying levels of interest. I mostly look for the payphone goofs, though, like Redford dialing 911 and connecting to a CIA call center.

Video: Some Midtown Payphones Revisited. May 6, 2021.

the payphone project — Fri, 14 May 2021 16:34:57 +0000

Looks like most of the payphones formerly found on the side streets of Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center down to 42nd Street are gone. I found a few stragglers but don't expect them to last much longer. Also visited a couple of Third Avenue phones.

Payphone Scene From “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006)

the payphone project — Wed, 12 May 2021 22:00:31 +0000

How do you make a long distance call from a payphone dialing only 5 numbers and depositing only one coin? Only Hollywood knows. And also, a real-world payphone seen in a Macualey Culkin film, and a small mystery involving a car wash in "Breaking Bad".

First American Telecommunications Corp. Payphone. August, 2012.

the payphone project — Tue, 11 May 2021 22:39:07 +0000

This phone, seen in Elmhurst in August, 2012, is long gone, but the company that owned it still appears to be hanging on, just not in New York. Assuming their bleeding-edge-design website remains relevant it looks like First American Telecommunications now conducts all its payphone business in South Florida, with display advertising its main source…

Queensbridge Payphones Represent in a Video Short From @PiffJones

the payphone project — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:16:03 +0000

Nice to see the Queensbridge payphones, among last working public telephones in Western Queens, get some screentime in this short video from @PiifJones. Look for them. The phones, that is.

Payphone of Yore at Meadow of Dan, North Carolina. Photos by Daniel Hopsicker.

the payphone project — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:19:32 +0000

Blue Porcelain Enamel and a dome top made this model unique and I love the triangular shaped sides that wing out. The pictures I took with my 1949 CiroFlex 120 dual lens reflex camera, on Kodak Ektachrome VS film.

Phone Booth Scene From “The Rose” (1979)

the payphone project — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:22:28 +0000

What a great film. I did not see the phone booth scene coming but guess I should have.