Phototeria from Photographic Canadiana issue 33-1
Toronto. For a time a visit to a fair, arcade, amusement park, seaside, etc. could be commemorated by a tiny strip of photos for a quarter or so. There so called photo booths allowed a couple to sit in privacy and snap off three or four prints; wait a few minutes; and take home a strip of photos.
The summer of 2007, my good friend George Dunbar wrote a lengthy article on his discovery of a “Phototeria”, plus the history of this unusual booth. The story, covering a few pages, is in issue 33-1 of the Journal.
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