Kissing booth

For the film, see The Kissing Booth.
A kissing booth depicted in the 1921 comic "Something The Matter", in Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar.

A kissing booth is an attraction, usually at a carnival, where the person running the booth kisses other people, often to raise funds for charity.[1] There are newspaper articles dating back to at least the early 1900s advertising upcoming kissing booths and their "osculatory favors".[2] A 1918 article from The Garden Island newspaper states, "All the horors [sic] of war disappears for the man with a roll of bills at the Red Cross kissing booth -- that is 'till his wife sees him."[3]

  1. ^ Stover, Lori (6 April 2009). "Kissing booth, weiners and relay raise $35k for cancer research". The Pitt News.
  2. ^ "Chronicling America | Library of Congress".
  3. ^ "The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, July 23, 1918, Image 2". 23 July 1918. p. 2.