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In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

On each visit she gave him a handful of change for the pay phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

A light caught my eye, shining on a relic of a bygone analog era: a pay phone, housed under a Whidbey Telecom cover.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

The Man in the White Shirt looked from the bus to the pay phone.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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