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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New phone books are out in Volusia County. If you live in eastern Volusia County, you may have recently received a phone book. For ...

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, ...

Remember phone books? No tome was larger. The pages were about double the normal 8½ by 11-inch size. One for a big metro like Detroit or Philadelphia might run a thousand pages. You could stand on one ...

When is the last time you found someone's phone number using a phone book? If you don't have it stored in your phone, you can usually find it online. So what are people using the phone book for? Even ...

Once the size of an encyclopedia volume, the humble phone book has gone from being an indispensable part of the home to an afterthought in the digital age. They may seem like relics of a simpler time, ...

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 Spokeo examined historical documents, news reports, and other sources to ...