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'''{{Font color|gold|SERVICE}} </center> |
'''{{Font color|gold|SERVICE}} </center> |
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in a golden neon, stylized font, with a {{Font color|dark gold|gold}} trail behind it. Beneath the text, we see a {{Font color|gold|golden}}, pyramidal roof structure with a flat top, composed of three bars (made to look like the roof of Fotomat retail outlets). Two neon {{ |
in a golden neon, stylized font, with a {{Font color|dark gold|gold}} trail behind it. Beneath the text, we see a {{Font color|gold|golden}}, pyramidal roof structure with a flat top, composed of three bars (made to look like the roof of Fotomat retail outlets). Two neon {{color|blue}} lines emerge from the bottom of the roof and diverge in opposite directions, looking like:<center><br> |
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'''{{Font color|blue|___‖‖___}}''' |
'''{{Font color|blue|___‖‖___}}''' |
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Revision as of 07:11, 22 November 2022
Descriptions by
YingYong
Captures by
YingYong
Video captures courtesy of
Delaware Digital Video Factory
YingYong
Captures by
YingYong
Video captures courtesy of
Delaware Digital Video Factory
Background
Photomat was a retail photo development company that began in Point Loma, CA in 1961. In 1978, Fotomat retailers began offering a service to transfer 8mm tape home recordings to videocassette.
1st Logo (1978-198?)
Logo: On a black background, we see the words
TRANSFER
SERVICE___‖‖___
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Near extinction - about as hard to find as they come. This was only seen on Fotomat videocassette transfers of 8mm footage home recordings.
