The photo booth was invented in 1925 by Anatol Josepho and was based in New York, Ms Tyler said.
“That was at a time when photography was really out of reach for most people… so this made it very accessible.”
It was also a time when not everybody would have been able to have photos taken in a studio due to prejudices.
She said: “I’m thinking of people of colour, I’m thinking of the LGBT community, they wouldn’t have been welcome, whereas you pull that little curtain and, you know, anybody can be in there and take their pictures.”
Ms Tyler said she would be appearing on the One Show in January to discuss the anniversary.