The Terminator Reads the Phone Book

digital / PNG, 394×577 / screenshot / origin unverified / accessioned / catalogued curio

The object before the record.

FI-EPH-428 — The Terminator Reads the Phone Book
FI-EPH-428 / The Terminator Reads the Phone Book / source photograph 01

Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.

Custody record

Logged 2026-09-26 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.

What is known

Found image supplied for The Shadow Zone: three stacked film stills from The Terminator. The T-800 stands beside a roadside booth marked "Phone," then a close-up of a phone-book column lists several Connor entries, including two named "Sarah Connor" with street addresses, and finally a tight shot of the cyborg's lowered face as it reads. The listings are a fictional prop from the film, not real directory data. The stills are reproduced as found, without a caption. Maker, origin, and date are not recorded. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.

Why it remains connected

accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.

What remains unresolved

digital / PNG, 394×577 / screenshot / origin unverified. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.

Keep the object connected.

The Shadow Zone

A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.

Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open

Source Assets / 1 reference

Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.

  1. assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-428-terminator-phone-book-sarah-connor.png Open local asset