TUE-SUN • 12PM-10PM
FREE ADMISSION
AN AUTOPHOTO EXHIBIT
On The Record
VOICES & FACES IN ANALAOG
AUTOPHOTO | Photobooth Gallery Museum
121 ORCHARD ST
NEW YORK, NY
OPENING JULY 10TH
Explore
...the relationship between photobooths and music culture through one of the only known working Auto-Voice recording booths in existence.
Featuring
...rare recording booth ephemera, album artwork, and generations of musicians captured in photobooths, the exhibition reveals how sound and image have long worked together as tools for self-expression, artistic experimentation, and memory.
Step Inside
...a rare piece of recording history, record your voice, and leave with your own vinyl record.
EXPERIENCE
The AUTO-VOICE
RECORD YOURSELF UP TO
3 MINUTES ON A 6" VINYL
3Min
$20
Built by the original Auto-Photo Company in the late 1950s, the Auto-Voice allowed ordinary people to create intimate, physical keepsakes by recording their voice onto a small record—introducing many to the experience of hearing their own recorded voice.
Today, only two known Auto-Voice machines survive worldwide. This rare, fully operational example offers a unique opportunity to experience a nearly forgotten chapter of recording history.
The Exhibit
On the Record brings together rare artifacts, photographs, recordings, and artwork that reveal the connection between photobooths, music, and analog self-expression.
RECORDING BOOTH RELICS
Original Auto-Voice manuals, blueprints, signage, and rare surviving artifacts.
ALBUM ART & MUSIC CULTURE
A selection of album covers and music ephemera featuring photobooth imagery.
RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC TREASURES
Historic photostrips, celebrity portraits, and unique artifacts from AUTOPHOTO's collection.
Love Is Like a Violin by Liz Rideal and other works exploring the photobooth as an artistic medium.
FEATURED ARTWORK
ANALOG AUDIO MESSAGES HOME
Audio-grams
Before voice notes and podcasts, people recorded personal messages onto records and mailed them across the country. Listen to original audio-grams preserved from the recording booth era.
1961 Auto-Voice “Birthday Record of Dad”
on loan from the Princeton Phono-Post Archives
1957 Voice-O-Graph “HORSE RACE Intro”
Preserved by Bill Bollman
1957 “HAIL HAIL”
3 friends in 7th grade • Preserved by Bill Bollman
1967 Mutoscope Calibre Demonstration
on loan from the Princeton Archives
Find Your Inspiration
For decades, artists, musicians, and everyday people have used photobooths and recording booths as tools for self-expression. Explore featured works from artists who transformed these machines into creative mediums—and then make something of your own.
