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 Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...

When the Poway telephone directory came out in 1957, it wasn’t by most standards, very impressive. It was only 16 pages, 5-by-8 ½ inches each, including the covers. There was a single page of ads. It ...

The other day a curious artifact showed up on the doorstep, an object instantly recognizable even in its somewhat emaciated form to those of a certain age, and a complete bafflement to a younger ...