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polyfoto

The English word “polyfoto” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One of a series of 48 photographs (similar to photo booth photos) taken using a Polyfoto camera, which used a single glass plate negative, the operator turning a handle on the side to take each exposure and also move the plate.

verb

  1. To take such a series of photographs.

Etymology

Originally Polyfoto (“a commercial venture”), from poly- and photo.

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