A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a tiny structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience; usually the user steps into the booth and closes the booth door while using the payphone inside.
Replicas of British red telephone boxes in South Lake, Pasadena, California
Classic style mid-20th century US telephone booth, still in service in La Crescent, Minnesota, May 2012
Public telephone room, Miami Florida, 1925, with a row of telephone booths seen along the back wall. Customers would request a call at the front desk; when the connection was made the customer would be directed to go to one of the booths for the call.
A Hull K6 telephone box
A payphone is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or in high-traffic public areas. Prepayment is required by inserting coins or telephone tokens, swiping a credit or debit card, or using a telephone card.
AT&T payphone in San Antonio, Texas in 2006
Bell Canada payphone
Payphone in Munich, 2022
Payphone model G+M from 1982 to 1987