{"id":431,"date":"2010-02-26T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2010-02-26T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:00:03","slug":"forgotten-americana-photo-development-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2010\/02\/26\/forgotten-americana-photo-development-kiosks\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Americana: Photo Development Kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today&#8217;s photos are of an abandoned photo development kiosk that formerly stood at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2009\/09\/17\/last-hurrah-for-the-brea-plaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brea Plaza shopping center <\/a>(home of the Brea Plaza 5 theatre). A bit off topic, but loosely associated with mall\u00a0multiplex culture and a worthwhile reflection, none the less.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-429\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Brea Photo Kiosk\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brea Photo Kiosk\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKiosk.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-430\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Brea Photo Kiosk Back\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brea Photo Kiosk Back\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/PhotoKioskBack.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are old enough to have pre 1990&#8217;s memories, you likely recall the multitude of drive-thru photo development businesses that once inhabited shopping center parking lots nationwide. The most common brand being Fotomat, which dominated the &#8220;one day photo&#8221; business from the mid 1960&#8217;s through the late 80&#8217;s (peaking at 4,000 locations, in 1980). One of the many digital age casualties, these businesses became obsolete with the advent of digital photography and instant photo access; nearly all of the kiosks being torn down or converted to alternative uses, such as locksmiths and flower sales stands. The Brea kiosk, depicted above, had sat vacant for a considerable time, before being razed as part of the plaza&#8217;s recent remodeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s photos are of an abandoned photo development kiosk that formerly stood at the Brea Plaza shopping center (home of the Brea Plaza 5 theatre). A bit off topic, but loosely associated with mall\u00a0multiplex culture and a worthwhile reflection, none the less. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you are old enough to have pre 1990&#8217;s memories, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}