Friday, March 1, 2013

Vintage Photobooth - Page NINE



photobooth boy
It's a trick, isn't it.


There are so many.

Here is the Ninth installment of the Photo-booth Series.

For a review here is
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PAGE SIX -
PAGE SEVEN -
PAGE EIGHT -
PAGE NINE - (this one)
Page TEN -
Page Eleven -
Page Twelve -
Page Thirteen -

Photobooth woman with fur
Posing for photographs always made Selena hungry.

Trio in a photobooth
On reverse:
Wychoff
S. W.



Where the name is given it will appear in BOLD FACE below each picture.

Other commentary in
ITALICS




photobooth girl
Honest, I didn't
breathe a word of it.
You know I didn't.


Photobooth man with hat
Waddel was a far cry from what his mother had envisioned but then, she was no prize either.
Photobooth man with tieGracie started to tear up the picture and then changed her mind. She had a better idea. Maybe she should tear up Brad instead.

Photobooth couple
Roberto and Fern

Photobooth woman with glasses
Fern made some minor changes in her life and came back for another portrait.


photobooth
Vennie made a career of swallowing live goldfish. The pay was good.

photobooth
Janise


photobooth
Howard couldn't keep a secret, but then, he didn't know anything worth telling.


photobooth girl
Ophelia was proud that she had no bad habits. Well, except for maybe, just one. But the chickens didn't mind.


You ain't leavin' me here are you?
"You ain't leavin' me here are you?"



Man with bowler
Wilmont was unaware of his shortcomings, even though people reminded him constantly.


Photoboth girl
Barbie Dahl saw nothing funny at all about her name.


Photobooth Girl
Vonda was a visionary and made many contributions to her Wednesday Bridge Club conversations and indeed, the world, but she could never tell if her hat was on straight or not.


photobooth
Yvonne was married eleven times but not once to Artie Shaw or Richard Burton. But she figured there's still time.


uncle
George Brear



Untitled
Vernie didn't talk much. Most of what he thinks goes without saying anyway.

Photobooth Man and Woman
Covine congratulated herself on getting Geraldo into the photobooth at last.

Photobooth Girl with hat in print dress
Now at 35, Amaryllis was proud she had retained her girlish figure.

Photobooth Regina 2
Regina

Photobooth woman with flower
Lena played short-stop for a short-pitch softball team for a short time until they decided she was too tall.


Photobooth just me 02
I think these five are all the same girl.

Photobooth just me 01

Photobooth just me 03


Photobooth just me 04
Pretty sure these two are.

Photobooth girl
Not sure about this one.


photo booth girl with hat
Geena wouldn't eat her carrots or broccoli. When she grew up, her eyesight was poor and she wasn't very big either.

hand tinted portrait lady
Estelle made her own soap and whiskey.

Sailor in a photo booth
After his hitch in the service, Glower made a living posing for ventriloquist's dummies.

Photobooth sailor
As far as he knew,Roger knew everything.

Photobooth sailor
Suddenly Tinsley realized someone had slipped a chocolate bar into his pants pocket. Things would heat up now.


Girl with rings in a photo booth
Cherry didn't count on Cheerio's having a side effect.

20090817 photo booth man w tie
Uncle Ford had an unusual collection but he wasn't allowed to keep them in his cell.


The Tint Job Gone Bad.


Four Samples


Cub Scout
Baird knew all the words to Tom Lehrer's song "Be Prepared."



Photobooth tint
on reverse:
Blara Lee Krakenbiehl

photobooth girl 02
Rosella began taking posing lessons when she was five.

Tiny Portrait
Jolene changed her name to Dorothy Lamour but she didn't look a thing like her.

Photobooth portrait
Godfrey bought his own uniform but they wouldn’t let him in the band unless he played an instrument.

Photobooth


Misty eyes
Meredith's short term memory did not include money matters.

Big Smile
Guess who won at poker last night.

Boy in photobooth
Byllie became a Country/Western singer at age 49.

Photobooth woman
Genevieve knew all the answers. Unfortunately, no one ever asked her.


Photobooth Girl
Eventually she found out why her dad named her Adolph.


Thinking it over
Caution was Flora's best quality.

Boy in photobooth
"You're not going to like this ..."

pair in photobooth
Felicia always envied Marsha because she never had to wear eye liner.

PHotobooth pair
As soon as she could wear her mother's clothes, Connie moved to Alaska.

Photobooth
Sophia found a nickle once. No, twice.




Photobooth portrait
One day Theo came home with a sailor's cap. No one could figure where he found one in the middle of Nebraska.

Photobooth portrait

Photobooth portrait
"I vant to bite your neck."

Photobooth portrait
"I still vant to bite your neck."


Photobooth Girl in sailor hat

Photobooth girl
Katrina knew all the words to the Lodge pledge but they still wouldn't let her in until she paid her dues.

Photobooth Pair
Pansy had plans... and they didn't include Doltby.

There are so many.
Here is the NINTH installment of the Photo-booth Series.

For a review here is

PAGE ONE -
PAGE TWO -
PAGE THREE -
PAGE FOUR -
PAGE FIVE -
PAGE SIX -
PAGE SEVEN -
PAGE EIGHT -
PAGE NINE - This One)
Page TEN -
Page Eleven -
Page Twelve
Page Thirteen

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"What are they doing?"

3 comments:

  1. I Swear Such A Thing Exists Such As Photoboth Smile ...People Put On A Special Face When Posing in That Box!

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  2. Just love Estelle, she looks well scrub and preserved

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  3. Thanks Tony. I think so too. There is something about that enclosed space with the lights and the noises.

    Thanks Mike Burnett. She also looks as if she wouldn't put up with anyone who wasn't.

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