Picturephone Launched

The promise of a personal video communication system

Today in 1964, the Picturephone video telephone system went into commercial use in the U.S.  

The New York Times reported 50 years later: “From a booth set up in Grand Central Terminal, a person could talk to a friend in Chicago or Washington while also seeing them on a small video screen. The friend would also have to go to a special booth in those citi…