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Washington, D.C.

Jokes Phone

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.
Jane Austen's name is emblazoned at the top of the telephone box.
Steventon, England

Jane Austen's Telephone Box

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.
#9 C Switchboard from Tucumcari, circa 1958.
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Telephone Pioneer Museum of New Mexico

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.
science

Podcast: America’s 'Quiet Zone'

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 21, 2022
The last remaining public payphone kiosk was removed from the streets of Manhattan in May 2022.
objects of intrigue

The Last Public Payphone Kiosk on the Streets of New York

How the once-ubiquitous convenience became a rare museum piece.
Shoshi Parks July 26, 2022
A selection of antique phones at the E.H. Danner Museum in San Angelo, Texas.
museums

Unplug at This West Texas Telephone Museum

The Danner Museum is a tribute to the phones of yore and the air-conditioning of today.
Golden Gate Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

The First Telephone in Las Vegas

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
roadside attractions

Podcast: Phone Booth on a Roof

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 7, 2022
A trio of Shyvers Multiphones from John Bennett's collection.
music

Early On-Demand Music Streaming Required Lots of Nickels

In the Pacific Northwest 70-plus years ago, a telephone-based jukebox connected callers to their favorite tunes.
Michelle Harris November 10, 2021
Commemorating the first two-way long distance telephone call.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Site of the First Transcontinental Call

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.
Cambridge, MA 2018.
infrastructure

Meet the Artist Who Does Extreme Close-Ups of Utility Poles

Rosamond Purcell finds stories, landscapes, and more on their mottled surfaces.
Winnie Lee October 16, 2020
During the flu outbreak of 1918, phone operators took precautions—and many companies asked people to stay off the line.
epidemics

Why Telephone Companies Once Discouraged People From Chatting

Today phones have grown critical for making personal connections. The first phone companies probably wouldn't have been thrilled.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 9, 2020
Edinburgh, Scotland

Gilbert the Phone Box

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.
Milbourne, England

The Millbourne Lane Phone Box Library

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.
Sheffield, England

The Green Police Box

This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.
The telephone was a major driver of the development of spelling alphabets.
telephones

It Might Be Time to Update the Old 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' Spelling Alphabet

But it's hard to break old habits.
Dan Nosowitz July 12, 2019
OMD telephone box.
Meols, England

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Telephone Box

After the band included its number in one of their songs, the box became a monument to the musical group.
Pieces of these phones have been washing up on a Brittany beach for more than 30 years.
telephones

Solved: The 35-Year-Old Mystery of the Garfield Phones on a French Beach

A storm, a secret cave, and an ocean full of plastic.
Emma Jacobs March 28, 2019