Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo.

On a recent Sunday, the Verizon Telephone Pioneers Museum in Commack transported visitors back to a time when telephones were not computers or cameras or gaming devices. At its open house, guests ...

The first phone went on sale for nearly $4,000 in 1983. Here's a brief history of the cell phone industry and how it has evolved over time.

For those interested in taking a journey through the history of communication, the Roseville Telephone Museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the past.

Dialing, cranking and ringing into Juneau’s history as a telephone pioneer in Alaska Museum exhibit highlights how capital got state’s first phone system and Telephone Hill got its name.

History lost with permanent closing of Lincoln's Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum If you call the Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum, no one will answer.

This program begins with the installation of the first telephone system in NH in 1878.

Telephone company history is described in three full-page advertisements placed by the company in special editions of the Juneau Empire in 1987.

The article regarding Pacific Telephone service brought back memories. I remember when our phone number out on Spenceville Road was 1-7-F-1-1, and we had a hand crank on the phone to summon the ...

Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to chronicle the fascinating history of the American phone book.