People Who Are Not Allowed To Have Cellphones At Their Jobs Need Payphones
The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 4 of 5.
Greyhound Bus Station Payphone
Greyhound Bus Station Payphone. 630 West Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60606
People Who Are Not Rich Like You Still Need Payphones
The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 3 of 5.
Couriers and Delivery Personnel Still Need Payphones
The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 2 of 5.
Phone Booth: Solvang, California
Handset missing. Phone book gone. This useless but decorative structure lurks outside the Viking Garden Restaurant on Alisol Road in Solvang, California.
Stranded Travelers Still Need Payphones.
The Payphone Project answers the cynically self-assured question: Do Payphones Still Exist? Do Human Beings Still Use Payphones? Part 1 of 5.
Deadphone News: Washington State
Val Vashon, who recently reported that there are still some working payphones in Seattle, writes again with less inspiring payphone news. This dispatch includes photos of a couple of full-size phone booths that are completely abandoned.
Kennedy Plaza Bus Terminal. Providence, Rhode Island.
Two payphones at a Providence, Rhode Island, bus terminal. March, 2013.
“THE PHONE BOOTH (scene)”, by Maria Rogel.
"THE PHONE BOOTH (SCENE)" belongs to the collective line of BESOMELO(d)P, "footage-in-progress and site specific interventions, for a Contemporary Melodramatization and a recovery of Cinema Heritage".
Ann B. Davis (as Alice) Working Sam the Butcher’s Payphone
Woman Using a Payphone. July, 2013.
Picture of a woman using a payphone on New York City's 42nd Street.
The Phone Booth Game from “Dirty Harry”
Phone booths and payphone enclosures form a key episode in Don Siegel's 1971 film "Dirty Harry," starring Clint Eastwood.
Touch Tone
Chinatown, NYC: Pagoda Style Phone Booth
I spotted this old favorite a couple of weeks ago. Located on Bayard Street in New York's Chinatown, it is a payphone enclosure with a Chinese-themed pagoda on top.
Seattle: This Payphone Is Probably Doomed
Val Vashon writes from Seatlle, Washington, with a brief narrative history of a Qwest/Centurylink payphone that will likely disappear soon.
Fargo, North Dakota
A friend from Fargo, North Dakota, sends in a few current pictures of payphones in that city today.
New Payphone Sounds
Sound samples from payphones, including a brass band as heard through a payphone call, and a variety of messages announcing that calls to toll-free numbers are not allowed from payphones.
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NYC: Hot Blondes Still Use Payphones.
If you think no one uses payphones any more than you simply need to open your eyes. I'll do it for you.
Talking on the Titan. April, 2013.
The American Public Communications Council says that 750 million calls are made from payphones every year. 27 million payphone calls were made from New York City in 2011. Here is a picture of one call made from a curbside payphone in April, 2013.
Abandoned Phone Box: Aldershot, Hampshire, England
This phone box was obviously put in place back when the surrounding houses were built back in the 1930's to service the residents. Being on a quiet road it is not surprising that BT decided to withdraw service over a year ago. But the phone box is still there with a dead telephone inside it! It's a home for spiders now.
Bangkok: Phone Booth Graveyard
It's a picture of vacated payphone enclosures and phone booths owned by the Telephone Organisation of Thailand.
Bye Bye Now
"Bye Bye Now" is a short film documenting the faded role of public phone boxes in Ireland.
Tokyo Airport Payphones, 2008
Two Tokyo Airport Payphones, seen by SMW
Carol Burnett Show: Phone Booth Skit
The Carol Burnett Show team just can't ignore the tantalizing sound of a ringing public telephone.
Inside a TCC Teleplex Payphone
An abandoned TCC Teleplex payphone seems to want to tell its stories.
On the Alifu Atoll. Republic of Maldives.
A February, 2008, photo of a payphone on the Alifu Atoll (South Ari Atoll) in the Republic of Maldives.
Turk Telekom Payphones.
A couple of payphones from Istanbul. December, 2012.