Ol' Pinkie


We salvaged this booth from a corner of a bar in Austin, TX and quickly nursed her back to health.  She had been found neglected and starved for attention, so we brought her back to our Hill Country Booth Rehabilitation Facility and brought her back to life.  Much of the inside of the booth was found rusted and in disrepair, so a major overhaul was needed to get the booth working again.  The extensive rehabbing process presented multiple problems, and Ol' Pinkie proved to be a bit of a curmudgeon, resisting our attempts to get her working properly.  But we were able to get her up and running and she now takes unique, crisp photos with a bright quality to them.  The outside of the booth is a great retro pink laminate finish that really harkens back to the heyday of photobooths, when these booths were in every Woolsworth and boardwalk in America.  


Ol' Pinkie is currently at Bar 96 on Rainy St.  True-vintage Auto-Photo Model 20.  B&W.

 

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