Anatol Josepho
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Anatol Josepho inside his photo booth.
Anatol M. Josepho (March 31, 1894 - December 1980), born Anatol Josephewitz, was a Siberian[1] immigrant to the United States of America, who in 1925 invented and patented the photo booth. In 1927, he was paid one million dollars for the invention.[2][3]
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- ^ Saroyan, Strawberry (6 March 2005). "Why Hollywood Says Cheese". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/fashion/06foto.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "New Marvels of Ingenuity". Popular Science. June 1927. pp. 15. http://books.google.com/books?id=oicDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "In the modern world". Dwell. January/February 2003. pp. 20. http://books.google.com/books?id=KcQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20. Retrieved 6 March 2010.