Anatol Josepho

Automated photo booth inventor (1894–1980)

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Lived 1894–1980, aged 86United States
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    1894–1980
    Aged 86
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Updated 2026-06-21

Anatol Marco Josepho was a Jewish immigrant to the United States from Tomsk, Russia, who invented and patented the first automated photo booth in 1925, which was named the "Photomaton". In 1927, he was paid one million dollars for the invention.

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