Obsolete Public Telephones is a personal archive for documenting retired payphones, telephone booths, courtesy phones, emergency phones, and other forms of public telephone infrastructure.

The app is intended for collectors, telecommunications-history enthusiasts, preservationists, and anyone keeping structured records of historic public communication equipment.

Building Your Archive

Use the Archive to create and maintain telephone records.

Each entry can include details such as:

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

Photos can also be attached to individual records from the device.

Finding Saved Telephones

The Archive provides search, filtering, and sorting tools to help navigate saved entries.

Records can be searched by details such as model, identifier, or country and narrowed by telephone type or other available criteria.