A record of the phones that once connected public life

Before mobile phones became ordinary, public telephones were part of railway stations, airports, street corners, hotels, hospitals, shopping centers, and roadside infrastructure.

Obsolete Public Telephones provides a dedicated place to document those machines and preserve the details that made each one distinct.

Build a collection with context

Create individual records for retired payphones, telephone booths, wall-mounted units, courtesy phones, emergency phones, highway call boxes, and other forms of public communication equipment.

A record can include details such as:

• manufacturer and model;
• year of manufacture;
• country of origin;
• telephone type;
• construction materials;
• color and finish;
• payment mechanism;
• historical call cost;
• preservation status;
• historical location;
• provenance and notes.

Images can also be attached to records to keep visual documentation together with the technical and historical details.

From individual objects to a wider collection

Search and filters make it easier to return to a particular telephone or explore groups of related records.