A lover of photobooth photos, and there are a surprising number of us, is generally found to be a lover of booth related ephemera as well. These photos came to me in the charming little, folding, faux-reptile travel case illustrated below. The 3 photos of this stylish lady of the 1930s, were roughly cut down to fit the frames, with, as you can see,  a varying level of success.

The fourth photo was missing from the series, so the seller added a random picture of a child to make the item more saleable. On receipt of the frame I was surprised to find that what I had assumed to be a leather or vinyl casing, was in fact paper. I was not disappointed. I paid a bargain price to secure it and I have never seen another like it since.

This small glass photo frame is one example of dozens of designs that were available at photomaton studios across America. The areas that appear to be grey in this scan are actually mirrored, making it an eye catching piece of decoration.

The subject of this photo looks to me to be wearing a Canadian uniform, rather than a US uniform but I really couldn’t be sure. Does anyone have any information on the subject?

The frame is 90 x 70 mm and the photo is a standard size booth photo measuring 40 x 50 mm.