Question about those one-hour photo shacks in the seventies and eighties.

[valerief]

You know, the standalone shacks in strip malls. I can't remember the name of them and my online searches aren't getting me anywhere. Were they called Photo Shacks? Or Photo Labs? Or something else?

Thanks.

[Duer 157099]

1. Photo Mat?

Or rather, Fotomat

[valerief]

2. THANK YOU! That was the one. I couldn't remember it!!!!

:hug:

[Duer 157099]

3. I used to use them all the time

I probably still have some of their envelopes around, lol

[here_is_to_hope]

4. Sweet Fiat 850... eom

[hunter]

7. That's got to be the San Fernando Valley.

Land of my childhood. I can almost smell the smog and eucalyptus trees.

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. Steven Wright had a funny joke about those.

"I just bought a house. It's one of those yellow ones in the parking lot at a shopping center. It's kind of small, but now when I have a party, I have parking for two thousand."

[MilesColtrane]

6. Interesting fact about those Fotomat kiosks:

Most of the guys working in them weren't wearing pants.

[Bucky]

10. And their secretaries...

were all midgets.

[RedCloud]

8. I had a gal pal that worked at one of those.

Those were some bizarre conversations...

[geardaddy]

9. They converted a few of those here

into drive up coffee stands a while ago.

[pulledpork]

11. Fotomat

Had yellow roofs. Nowadays they make good espresso stands.

[LeftinOH]

12. I always wondered where the attendant/photo processor went to the john. n/t