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“Me and Part of Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Me and Part of Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

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“Pam Meadow. 7th Grade.”

Here is Becky again, a little older. This time she is on a day out with her friend, Pam Meadow. In her posing style, Pam is a little more serious and less creative than Becky. Maybe she is just less willing to make herself look like a complete fool. She has gorgeous Becks to do that job for her.

These were all taken on the same day. They are undated, but from the dates on other strips, they were probably taken in 1968.

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7 July 1998, Museum Station, Melbourne

This is my cousin Rachel, from Hamilton, New Zealand. She was visiting Melbourne at the same time as her mum, who was here for a conference of The Australian String Teachers Association, which my mum was organising. Rachel and I were volunteers at the event.  We took this photo on our way to the conference venue in North Melbourne.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

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Undated. Possibly 1966.

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Undated. With unidentified friend or sibling.

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1968.

These are the first three strips of photos from 14 strips that came from the USA as one lot. They document the changing face and life of a girl called Becky over a period of 10 or more years.

Becky loves to pull a face and muck about in photobooths with her friends and family. In some pictures her hair is straightened; in others wild and curly. You will enjoy getting to know her and watching her growth into adulthood.

The top two strips are undated but the lower has written on the back “Me and Robin, probably in the summer of 1968. I can’t remember exactly when.” The photos of Robin are missing. Robin, being the male spelling of the name, is possibly a younger brother who appears in future photos.

From information on other photos in the series I have worked out that Becky was about 13 years old when the third strip of pictures was taken. I guess she was two years younger in the first set and a year or so younger in the second.

More coming soon.

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13 June 1998, Melbourne Central Station, Melbourne

Lost Fun Zone, who has a great Berlin based photography blog called

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has helped me out by telling me of the mistake I made in naming the Danish percussion duo I saw on this evening in June, 1998. It was the Safri Duo not the Safari Duo.

Thanks Mister Zone from Berlin. I hate making mistakes and appreciate being picked up on them when I do.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

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13 June 1998, Melbourne Central Station, Melbourne

A quick excursion to a photobooth on the way to see a percussion group called Safari Duo.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

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I laugh every time I look at this strip. Mr Mullet seems very in love with himself. From the deliberate, alternating poses, I think it is his luxuriant face-fuzz that he is out to capture in all its glory.

It is quite surprising that he let go of this set of photos. My guess is he gave them to a girl he fancied and she didn’t value him or the photos enough to keep them.

I am not sure where these photos originated, probably the USA. I’d say from the colours and the type of booth strip the photos were taken in the 1990s.

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6 March 1998, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne

This photo was taken just before a trip to Ballarat to attend the opening celebrations for the Eureka Centre, which now appears to have become the Museum for Australian Democracy.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

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This photo was found by my cousin Krissie at a Homebase store in New Southgate, London. She picked it up at 6.30 pm on 21 January 2004, exactly 9 years ago today.

Over the years Krissie has given me many booth photos that she has found including a set that she found floating in a river. Thanks Cuz!

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February 1998, Southland Shopping Centre, Melbourne

Here is my sister Sue, who now lives in Dublin, and me, after a shopping trip to get our nails done and buy cosmetics. Manicures have been very rare in my life, so I am glad I have one commemorated!

This is another Polaroid format photobooth photo. I haven’t seen one of these booths in over 10 years. The little image on the bottom of the Polaroid is from another strip of photobooth stickers from a different outing. I think Sue kept the rest.

This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.

I submitted a photo to the strangely interesting blog Toemail. Here it is.