Found Film Friday: Year Round

This week’s “found film” is the last of four rolls that were found in a storage unit in Worcester, Massachusetts.  There’s not a whole lot to say about this week’s roll, other than it makes me think of how we used to take pictures, compared to how we take pictures now.   This 24-picture roll spans the seasons – there are a handful of shots from Christmas, some baseball shots, kids in shorts in the summertime. I thought it was taken over a six month period, but there’s a young boy who clearly ages a couple of years from one photo to the next – so it’s a roll of film that was probably taken over the span of two or three years.  Nowadays, we’d take that many in five minutes.

This week’s roll is also is interesting in that it’s a roll of “Advantix” – Kodak’s brand of film under the “advanced photo system.”   APS or Advantix film didn’t last very long – it was sort of a stepping stone between completely analog film, and today’s digital cameras, in that information about the photos was stored in the cartridge, to assist in processing.  The film itself was also stored in the cartridge after processing.  The format was introduced in 1996, and was discontinued by Koday in 2004 – and by others in 2011.  So this roll is likely about 15 years old. That fits with the VHS tapes in the living room – no CDs or DVDs to be seen.

I also like that this family displays a large poster of Bruce Lee in their living room…

I decided not to share a couple of the photos, though I’m sure the family who took them would have appreciated them for their own photo album; they are of kids on Christmas morning, in an expression of joy – but in their early Christmas morning underwear.

It’s also interesting to think about this – a roll of film gets spread out over a couple of years, and this is what they took pictures of?

Let’s all have a smoke!

Check out the VHS tapes and the cassette player!

Don’t the picture above and below seem to be the same kid at different ages? Maybe I’ve got it wrong? Although this is the baseball shirt from the kid with the bloody nose…

I love what she’s done with the sleeves on that t-shirt!

Christmas recital!

Love me some Bud Ice on Christmas Eve!