Nostalgic photos near Norwich?

January 10, 2008 10:59 AM

Help me find the closest photo booth to Norwich, VT. I'm looking for a booth that takes pictures in vertical strips of four. I'm willing to go anywhere be it roller rink, movie theater or country and western bar. There isn't a google maps for this, is there?! (I wouldn't be surprised.)
posted by B-squared to grab bag (10 comments total)

photobooth.net
posted by modernsquid at 11:01 AM on January 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

There's one at Diesel Cafe in Somerville, MA. At least, there was. I haven't been there in a while.
posted by sully75 at 11:24 AM on January 10, 2008

What are you doing in Norwich, B-squared? I'll tell you what you're doing, you're making me homesick! (I grew up in Hanover.)

Anyway, not exactly close, but at least a little closer that Sommerville, is Hampton Beach. There are a bunch of arcades all along the coast, and I've seen photo booths in more than one of them.
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:02 PM on January 10, 2008

I don't recall seeing one at the White River Junction fun center/bowling alley, which is the first place that came to mind. I'll keep my eyes open, but I can't recall seeing one of those since I was a kid.
posted by terrapin at 1:16 PM on January 10, 2008

Terrapin,

You mean UPPER VALLEY LANES AND GAMES? [emphasis mine]

There's no way something as wholesome as a photobooth would be in that place, though maybe if you asked the dancers at Shenanigans, the strip joint next door, they'd take four pictures of you.

Another thought, B-squared, is the Lake Winnipesaukee area. While I can't specifically remember a booth there, I'm willing to make a small wager that you'd be able to track one down. There are tons of mini-golf/water park/arcade type establishments.

Ooh, and looking at photobooth.net, there are definitely ones in Hampton Beach and Salem, MA, which are each about 2 hours away, depending on traffic.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:40 PM on January 10, 2008

You can rent one if you have a few grand to spend from the Vermont Photobooth Company. Or email them and see if a photobooth is going to be set-up at a public event.
posted by saffry at 3:57 PM on January 10, 2008

I know they are abundant inside big shopping malls in upstate NY (Troy, Albany, Colonie). I don't know if you are willing to drive 3 hours.
Or upload a photo to Portrait Booth. I have used them. Mixed results.
posted by KB.Boston_implant.By way of NY at 6:38 PM on January 10, 2008

There's a digital version of a photobooth in University Mall in South Burlington, VT, just outside the Applebee's restaurant. It's not the ol' timey variety...
posted by deCadmus at 8:25 PM on January 10, 2008

(SpiffyRob: We go candlepin bowling at Upper Valley Lanes on occasion and it seems fine to us. Didn't know anything about the strip club. I have certainly seen worse places in other parts of the country. I see you are in IL. Are your memories from a time long ago or recent, because I don't recognize the place you describe.)
posted by terrapin at 9:19 AM on January 11, 2008

Looks like I'll be hitting the road! Thanks guys.
posted by B-squared at 12:51 PM on January 11, 2008