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A coin-fed phone booth that once stood between you and a ride home.
means A public telephone you operated by inserting coins or a card to make a call.
from Born 1889 in Hartford, Connecticut, where William Gray's coin-operated phone first demanded payment AFTER your call, not before.
Peak countOver two million dotted America in the 1990s.
Survival pocketsPrisons and remote highways still keep some alive.
Emergency loopholeMany allowed free calls to 911.