The Savannah Original.

I realized as I was posting a picture of our photochemical booth to photobooth.net that I haven't properly introduced you, humble reader, to our flagship Savannah photo booth.

The origin of this particular booth is shrouded in hazy, photochemical mystery.  Like most chemical booths that have resurfaced over the past years, this booth was unearthed as a neglected pile of rusted metal and electrical wires in a nondescript storage unit in some nondescript southern town.  It seems that this is a fairly common demise for the original booths.  The more you hunt for these old booths, the more you hear stories of booths trading hands and finding a secure hiding place in some neglected storage unit.  In fact, it appears that these hidden ones, the ones found buried in random storage units, are the lucky ones.  These are the booths that time forgot.  While a large majority of the chemical booths had been marched off to landfills or stripped of any valuable part and recycled for scrap metal, a few where bought as part of dubious business transactions by old-time operators who stashed them away.  Over time, and for whatever reason, these booths slowly began to recirculate, but this time to enthusiasts and collectors interested in preserving their legacy.  So in a way, they owe their existence to the fact that they were hidden away for so many years.

Anthony from Chicago, in his own mysterious way, came across this booth, bought it, and brought it to Savannah where it sat in yet another nondescript storage unit.  Rob and Anthony then proceeded to do the necessary rehabbing to get this booth operational again.  It then made a transfer once again to Obscura.
It still remains in its location at the Congress Street Social Club in Savannah, GA, proudly perched at the top of a staircase, just past the bathrooms.  This booth has been the training booth for a handful of people, myself included--our Photo Booth University.  We owe it to whoever and whatever previous owners for holding onto this booth and allowing for it to come to rest in our hands.

Like these guys.  These strips were found in the booth and it can be assumed that these two were past operators or technicians of the booth when it sat at a Six Flag Theme Park somewhere in America, probably in the early 90s.

It is these little glimpses that give insight into the history of the individual booths and another reason the photo booth remains an enduring attraction.  The mystery and richness is simply incomparable.

Here is the booth in its most recent incarnation:

Note: the Jim Beam bottle atop was a later addition by the bar and, seeing as it did no damage to the booth, was left to intice patrons of the bar who are no doubt attracted to the bottle like moths to a light.