History of Photo Booths

In 1925, Siberian immigrant Anatol Josepho invented a small, curtained booth that took a strip of four pictures without a photographer. Affordable and anonymous, the photo booth quickly spread to midways, department stores and train stations, exploding in popularity as the country entered World War II. From the original black and white "dip and dunks" to the sophisticated digital machines of today, the flattering flash of the photo booth captures people as they really are.