<P> A photo booth is a vending machine or modern kiosk that contains an automated, usually coin - operated, camera and film processor . Today, the vast majority of photo booths are digital . </P> <P> The patent for the first automated photography machine was filed in 1888 by William Pope and Edward Poole of Baltimore . The first known really working photographic machine was a product of the French inventor T.E. Enjalbert (March 1889). It was shown at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris . The German - born photographer Mathew Steffens from Chicago filed a patent for such a machine in May 1889 . These early machines were not reliable enough to be self - sufficient . The first commercially successful automatic photographic apparatus was the "Bosco" from inventor Conrad Bernitt of Hamburg (patented July 16, 1890). All of these early machines produced ferrotypes . The first photographic automate with negative and positive process was invented by Carl Sasse (1896) of Germany . </P> <P> The modern concept of photo booth with (later) a curtain originated with Anatol Josepho (previously Josephewitz), who had arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 1923 . with the first photo booth appearing 1925 on Broadway in New York City . For 25 cents, the booth took, developed and printed 8 photos, a process taking roughly 10 minutes . In the first six months after the booth was erected, it was used by 280,000 people . The Photomaton Company was created to place booths nationwide . On March 27, 1927, Josepho was paid $1 million and guaranteed future royalties for his invention . </P> <P> Most of the photo booths are used for passport photos . They are coin - operated automated machines that are designed to print photo in specific format that meets the passport photo requirements . Multiple copies can be printed so users can save some for future uses . </P>

Who invented the photo booth called a photomaton in the 1920's
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