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Found Film: The Alberts at Christmas
This is another post in the series on the photos taken by Raymond Albert in and around Rumford, Maine in the late 1940s and early 1950s (see “Introducing the Alberts”). Â I’m guessing this roll is from Christmas, 1951. It’s always interesting to see what’s under the Christmas trees from yesteryear. Â The top photo comes from…
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Camera Test: No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type
Remember the No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type? Â With such a distinctive name, who could forget it? Not like the cameras nowadays – all DSC-something-cybersomething-shot-pix – they all blur together. Â Naming conventions were different in the early 1900s. Â Over the course of half a century, Kodak only made around 50 cameras with the…
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Red Shutter Leica: To Repair or Not to Repair?
Hundreds of dollars spent on a collectible vintage Leica, and it doesn’t work. Â What to do? Â Naturally, take it apart! This is the camera I picked up on eBay. Â it’s a Leica IIIc, made in 1941. Â I thought I’d gotten a pretty good deal – my McKeown’s guide lists this particular model as being worth…
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Found Film: The Alberts, Summer and Fall 1951
The story of Raymond Albert’s family, as told through his lost and found photos, continues as we enjoy a late summer in Rumford, Maine around 1951-ish. Â There is no real theme to tie these photos together – they come from three different rolls, each of which only had a few turn out well for some…
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Big Photo Contest Win!
No, it wasn’t me.  Although I did get an “honorable mention.” We used to tease my wife Anne over her insistence on using a camera that had long surpassed its obsolescence date.  Until one day it was mysteriously found inside the (clothes) washer, and she was forced to upgrade her photographic equipment.  And for the last…