Yellow Pages

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New York City’s telephone company in 1886 published the first Yellow Pages directory of business phone numbers—creating a nearly friction-free way for merchants and customers to find one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

I would have had to consult the Yellow Pages, or more likely, call Information — something my parents frowned upon because of the toll.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

He was inspired by seeing the starry sky, but the title came as he spotted the Yellow Pages across the room.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Or maybe looked it up in an outdated Yellow Pages phonebook they found in the back closet.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2022

So I invented a Black Box Yellow Pages, which is a phone book that’s made out of the material that they make the black boxes on airplanes out of.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer