a colour strip from the more recent photo booths. Earlier last century the tiny positives were always monochrome – photo courtesy of the Guardian article
Toronto. … doing what I did again. When PHSC president Clint Hryhorijiw sent me an email with this link to a Guardian article on Photo Booths, it immediately brought to mind the booths I saw at fairs and malls last century. We even had a journal article in in Photographic Canadiana 33-1 (May, 2007) by George Dunbar on his discovery of a Canadian photo booth called a Phototeria.
I did a couple of posts on the photo booth. The posts are “now just a minute” in Nov 2020 and “pictures at the fair” in June 2024. In July of this year, I (PHSC) received an email from Emily Botelho regarding the display in NYC which is discussed in the Guardian article. Emily spoke with George Dunbar about his discovery with hopes to have it recognized down in the Big Apple.
While it’s unlikely you will find a photo booth or any parts of one at our 2025 events, you will indeed discover items to complement your collection. Our next event is the famous fall fair on October 19th, 2025. Check out our summer newsletter, PHSC News issue 25-7 for all the gory details.
NB. The title of this post is from a song I remembered from years ago, sung here by the truly great Ms Barbra Streisand “I’m five/kid again“.
