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Holiday Club

4000 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60613
B&W, 4 per strip, $3.00

Photos: August 26, 2005
Last visit: September 17, 2022

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The booth (Model 21T) inside the Holiday Club serves a few purposes. It creates a sort of hallway on the way to the restrooms, and holds pool cues on its backside and a mounted cd jukebox on the short end. The bar is decorated with posters and lobby cards from somewhat obscure films starring Frank Sinatra, including Sergeants 3 and Marriage on the Rocks.

People were watching the Bears pre-season game when I stopped by. The black and white photos with the wide white border come out pretty well, though there is a pronounced kink in the edge of each photo where something isn't lined up quite right inside the machine.

UPDATE 7/6/13: Nikki writes that the booth is in fine working order.

UPDATE 11/6/16: Andrew writes that the booth is in good condition, with a six minute wait for the photos to come out.

UPDATE 11/9/19: Ben writes, Chemical stains, high contrast, lots of imperfections, black border."

UPDATE 9/17/22: Still going strong.

UPDATE 9/10/26: Aaron writes that after many glorious years, the Holiday Club, and thus the booth near the bathrooms, is no more. "RIP Holiday Club. No more booth. We named it John Wilkes for all the time it shot the back of our head. Gone but not forgotten."

Contributed by Brian, Nikki, Andrew Kropp, Ben, Aaron