Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo ...

Alas, the poor phone book. Once, it was the cornerstone of American connection, an indispensable resource people relied on to find pizza shops, plumbers, and the number of the cute girl in math class.

Local telephone books from December 2010, left, and June 2024, right, are another sign of how print readers have moved online. (Craig Brown/The Columbian) In my job, I think a lot about how most ...

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:21:09 GMT — What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop ...

Some older readers may recognize the headline of this article title from Steve Martin’s The Jerk, where inclusion in the phone book excited Martin’s character to a ridiculous degree. Because to him, ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Once a mainstay of homes, businesses, and phone booths everywhere, the phone book has (mostly) gone the way of the dodo. Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...