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 seem to work.
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.
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.
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 Potter County, Pennsylvania.
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 the matter is welcome to inform us all.
Zong Li Lu: Single String Lute Music Heard Through a Payphone
The somewhat harsh timbre of the single string lute seems to suit the scratchy, monochrome texture of the landline telephone.
NYC Payphone Customer
A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.
Grove, Oklahoma. Phone Booth Sans Payphone. Photo by Brien Engel.
It's a photo from Brien Engel of an abandoned phone booth in Grove, Oklahoma. Hello?
Montreal: A Fine Use For A Payphone
Bob Parent, from Montreal, sends this funny picture illustrating how payphones today are sometimes used for everything and anything except what they were made to do.
New York City: Payphone in a Toilet
Ron Dunn, a new follower of the Payphone Project Facebook Page, yesterday offered up this Pulitzer-worthy shot of a New York City payphone in its finest hour, dangling inside a toilet.
Phone Booth at Vasona Lake County Park, Los Gatos, California.
The photo of a phone booth at the Vasona Lake County Park was taken a couple of years ago, on June 2, 2015. It is, I am pleased to report, still there today.
Kununurra, Western Australia. Drysdale River Station Payphone.
Larry T. Miniard shares this photo, from June, 2016, of a payphone from Kununurra, Western Australia, at the Drysdale River Station (KWA), 1 km off the Kalumburu Road.
Payphones Aplenty in Panama. Here’s One From Santa Fé.
Panama still has many payphones, writes Mary Roush: "There are payphones on Contadora and Saboga in the Pearl Islands and, most likely, in the San Blas Islands...and there is one on the main street in Volcan, at the base of Volcan Baru"
Anguilla: Payphone On A Tree Stump
Jim Hannum shares this photo of a payphone on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. It is somewhat unusually located on a tree stump.
Trenèín, Slovak Republic +421327000014 & +4213270000103
Photos by Arthur W. of Payphones and a phone booth in Trenèín, Slovak Republic. Originally posted to The Payphone Project in December, 2011.
Abandoned Phone Booth, Seaview Motel in Pennsville, NJ.
An anonymous photographer contributed this artsy black and white photo of an abandoned Verizon-branded phone booth found at the Seaview Motel in Pennsville, NJ.
Alaska: Phone Booth Near the Wrangell Seaplane Base
Mark Cotton saw The Payphone Project on CBS Sunday Morning and sent over this photo from May 2016. It is in Wrangell, Alaska, near the Wrangell Seaplane Base.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Trolley Stop Phone Booth
Nancy Catallo shares this beautiful shot of a well-lit phone booth containing a Bell of Pennsylvania payphone and, possibly, a phone book. This almost makes me want to call home.
Holbrook, Arizona: A Ghostly Truck Stop Payphone Room
Mike Melchiors sends us an eerie if not profound photo of an abandoned payphone room at a truck stop in Holbrook, Arizona.
Phone Booth, San Juan National Forest, Colorado
This week I'll be sharing some of the payphone and phone booth photos sent to the Payphone Project from around the world in response to last week's segment on CBS Sunday Morning. Linda Cagle gets things going with these photos of a phone booth found in an isolated part of Colorado.
The Payphone Project on “CBS Sunday Morning”
The Payphone Project get about a minute of air time on CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. Reviews all seem positive, with the only complaint being that people actually wanted to see more of me!
London, 1975: Phone Booths at Tube Station
Photo from the London underground, 1975. Man using one of three phone booths in the London tube. From Flickr photographer MJ 310.
Hill Street Blues: The World Is Full Of Payphones
Another installment in a potentially endless series of pictures and video clips featuring public pay telephones from when they were more a part of the fabric of society than they are today. This very brief excerpt is from the great police series "Hill Street Blues."
A Payphone Scene From “Taxi”, Season 1, Episode 1 (1978)
The first ever episode of "Taxi" (1978) revolves around a magical payphone that allows for free calls anywhere in the world.
Christmas Music Heard Through a Steinway Street Payphone
I fed $3.75 into a Steinway Street payphone to record the Christmas music played over loudspeakers on that venue. Some of it was actually audible.
Sacred Harp Singers, Heard Through a Port Authority Payphone
Listen in on the somber sounds of a Sacred Harp ensemble singing at the Port Authority subway station on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 massacre.
Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.
This pair of abandoned payphones outside a Woodside car wash were owned by NYTEL, a company that made most of its money from pre-paid calling cards.