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Two of the remaining classic red booths
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Found near the entry to the London Underground were two classic red telephone boxes.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  London internal link England   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 6 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken sometime in 2005)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #023_14
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A Yellow Hand-Piece Labeled "Phone"
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One of the early century phones found along Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, California. Notice the cost of $US 0.50 for local calls of unlimited duration.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley internal link California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 6 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken sometime in 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01
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On Campus
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A pay phone provided by the University of California at Berkeley for its students on campus.


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Plastic shield protected a public phone
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A plastic shield protected a public telephone in Brussels, Belgium.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Avenue Général Eisenhower, Brussels internal link Belgium   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 6 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken sometime in 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #2007_01
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Red Telephone Box
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Across the street at Kensington Gardens a bicycle rode past one of the classic red London phone booths.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Kensington Gardens internal link London internal link England   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 6 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken sometime in 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Gardens_17
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Change Of Ownership
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Here was a former Pacific Bell telephone booth that was purchased by SBC. The booth was still labeled Pacific Bell, but the telephone inside clearly belonged to SBC.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  California Avenue Caltrain Station internal link   •  Palo Alto internal link California   •  (Photo posted Wednesday 6 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken sometime in 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Ave_7246B
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A Bank Of Pay Phones
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Before the Transbay Terminal in downtown San Francisco was torn down for replacement, it held inside a bank of pay phones.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Old Transbay Terminal internal link   •  Mission at Fremont, San Francisco internal link California   •  (Photo posted Thursday 23 September 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:23:45 Friday 11 January 2008)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_8515BCX
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A Two Sided Stand-Alone Booth
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A two sided phone booth on a post was found on the sidewalk in downtown San José, Costa Rica.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  San José internal link Costa Rica internal link   •  (Photo posted Thursday 23 September 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:45:46 Sunday 7 September 2008)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Rica_3039BCX
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A Bank Of Phones
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A line of phones set back in an alcove was found near a park in downtown San José, Costa Rica.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  San José internal link Costa Rica internal link   •  (Photo posted Thursday 23 September 2009)   •  (Photo taken 13:37:51 Sunday 7 September 2008)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Rica_3062BCX
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Small Town Phone
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Even small towns in Costa Rica had nice phones.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Monte Verde internal link Costa Rica internal link   •  (Photo posted Thursday 23 September 2009)   •  (Photo taken 18:39:34 Tuesday 16 September 2008)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Rica_4808BCX
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Winery Phone
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This pay phone was set in a nice alcove in the outside garden next to the Winery store.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  V. Sattui Winery internal link   •  St. Helena, California   •  (Photo posted Thursday 23 September 2009)   •  (Photo taken 09:46:36 Sunday 15 March 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Winery_0616BCX
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Retired Booth
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A retired telephone booth was found a the marina in Moss Landing, California. In its heyday, such a booth would have not only held a payphone, but a phone book too. In those days, instead of googling for an address, you would duck into any phone booth and find the address in that phone book, possibly rip the page out, then find someone to ask for directions.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  Moss Landing Marina internal link   •  Moss Landing, California   •  (Photo posted Saturday 8 October 2011)   •  (Photo taken 09:09:20 Friday 12 March 2010)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Marina_2745BCX
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Under Ship's Bow
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A payphone booth was nestled along the waterfront, next to a row of newspaper stands, and under the bow of the Holland America Line's MS Oosterdam Ship internal link.


Telephone external link Phonebooth external link   •  The Waterfront area internal link San Diego internal link California   •  (Photo posted Saturday 8 October 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:41:59 Friday 12 March 2010)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_1036
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