Florence Hotel Phone Booths. Missoula, Montana.
Rotary dial phone booths at the Florence Hotel. Missoula, Montana.
Payphone: Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany. June, 2007
Picture of a payphone in Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany. June, 2007
Wood Phone Booth, NYC. March, 2012.
I thought sure this old wood booth would have been removed since I last saw it about 2 years ago.
Payphones and Pants, Pants and Payphones
It's a commercial for pants -- Dockers pants -- which contains some nice imagery of abandoned phone booths from around the world. I like it, even with the droll punchline at the end. Check it out.
The Phone Booths at Central Park, NYC
Rare New York City phone booths spotted in Manhattan's Central Park. March, 2012. (212) 722-9781, (212) 722-9476, (212) 722-9431 & (212) 722-9991.
Whitaker Street Saloon. Savannah, Georgia. November, 2001.
Picture of a woman using the payphone outside the former Whitaker Street Saloon in this historic district of Savannah, Georgia.
Ironworks Dance Club. Thonotosassa, Florida. June, 2003. (813) 986-5309
Ironworks Dance Club. Thonotosassa, Florida. June, 2003. (813) 986-5309
Right Turn Permitted On Red. February, 2012.
Red-jacketed New York City man using a Titan payphone. February, 2012.
Partially Melted Rotary Dial Payphone.
August, 2009: Picture of a partially melted telephone at Miss Lyndonville Diner, Lyndonville, Vermont.
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 definition for crazy once we start seeing faces in the payphones?
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 phone booth pictures.
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 the phone booths still had phone books. In July, 2009, these old booths were still looking pretty good. In 2012 the surviving booths still look no worse for wear.
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."
Radio Disney Payphone Opera
I sometimes hear, very faintly, the sound of Radio Disney when I pick up certain payphones. Today that sound of broadcast radio interference was just part of a sound world which could only exist inside a payphone. LIsten in.
Rocky
"Rocky" using a payphone. From "The Rockford Files."
February 3, 2012, 3:24pm
A man using a payphone. February 3, 2012.
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 short, elequent, and it captures images of an interesting-looking payphone from India.
Greenwood Inn Phone Booth. Greenwood, Delaware. October, 2005.
October, 2005, photo of a highway phone booth outside the Greenwood Inn in Greenwood, Delaware.
AT&T: 100th Anniversary of the Payphone (1989)
Awesome video from 1989, when AT&T celebrated the 100th anniversary of William Gray's public telephone. The text on Techchannel.ATT.com includes a much-appreciated shoutout from AT&T to the Payphone Project: "The best and most entertaining website that tracks the de-evolution of payphones and phone booths is The Payphone Project, which has been tracking the decline of those cultural icons since 1995."
Metropolitan Opera House Payphone
It was not exactly worth the price of admission, but during the second intermission of the January 24, 2012, performance of "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera House I headed down to the concourse level to find a payphone. I expected to find the payphone. Its existence was mentioned and more-or-less confirmed in the "Facilities and Services" section of the Playbill.
Some Payphone Somewhere
Some picture of some payphone somewhere.
SORRY! Temporarily OUT OF SERVICE
This sticker on a New York City payphone seems helpful enough... Until one notices that the clip art on this sticker shows a rotary dial payphone. That makes it seem like this payphone has been out of service since the 1980s.
Curbside Payphone, Queens
This is my favorite type of payphone: On the curb. Almost on the street. In traffic. This public pay telephone is public in more ways than you might think. Using this phone is a public act. People see you, study you, try to imagine why you are using a pay phone when other communication alternatives abound.
Loco Hills, New Mexico
Photo by Daniel Zubiate of a Phone Booth in Loco Hills, New Mexico. January, 2004.
Payphone Sounds: Recorded Messages
These sounds capture recorded messages which are unique to payphones, meaning most people would never hear them. Listen to timeless payphone classics such as "Your call cannot be completed from a payphone at this time", "The Call You Have Made Requires a Coin Deposit" and other greatest hits.
Out of Focus, On the Payphone.
A woman with a baby stroller in tow tries to make a call from a payphone. Her body language seemed to indicate that the call did not go through.
Ultra Cheer
This old payphone does not appear to be have been providing cheer, much less ultra cheer, as it sat unused somewhere in Manhattan.
Phone Booth Scene from “The Godfather”
Scene 6 of "The Godfather" (directed by Francis Ford Coppola) is titled "The Shooting of Don Corleone". This scene, a turning point in the film, features a call made from a payphone in a phone booth.