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Found Film: The Alberts at Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

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”).  I’m guessing this roll is from Christmas, 1951. It’s always … Continue reading →

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Camera Test: No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Remember the No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type?  With such a distinctive name, who could forget it? Not like the cameras nowadays – all DSC-something-cybersomething-shot-pix – they all blur together.  Naming conventions were different in the early 1900s. … Continue reading →

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Found Film: The Alberts, Summer and Fall 1951

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

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.  There is no real theme to tie these photos together – they come from … Continue reading →

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Found Film: The Alberts Go Fishing

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

It’s time to share another batch of Raymond Albert’s photos. In this batch, Raymond (shown above) goes on a fishing trip with some friends and family. I’m not sure where this lake is – probably in Maine, but there are … Continue reading →

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Found Film: The Alberts and the Korean War

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

We met the Alberts a few weeks ago, when I introduced Raymond and his family, whom we know from a box of about 20 developed rolls of film Raymond left behind recently.  This installment appears to have been taken around … Continue reading →

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Project Underwood: Typewriter Restoration

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

One evening about a year ago, my (younger) daughter and I were checking out typewriters on eBay.  We share an interest in “retro” machines (this is how my camera craze started, and her last Christmas present was a record player), … Continue reading →

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It’s 1914 and Everyone’s a Photo Critic

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

One hundred years ago this month, much of the world was at war.  But in the United States – which would eventually mobilize 4 million military personnel – public opinion in 1914 was still firmly on the side of neutrality.  This … Continue reading →

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Found Film Friday: Country Outing

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

This week’s roll of “found film” came to me from near Binghamton, New York, where the Ansco company was located from the mid-1800s to around 1980. The spool was covered in rust, and the backing paper was stuck to the … Continue reading →

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Vintage Camera Test: Franka Werke Bonafix

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

A few months ago I picked up this Franka Werke camera for “next to nothing” (20 bucks or so) that appeared from the photos to be in near-mint condition.  When it arrived, it looked like it had been stored in … Continue reading →

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Found Film Friday: Santa Fe Porsche Show

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

This week’s roll of found film came to me from “Mike” – a collector of old slides who was giving up on a “found film” hobby, he sent me a half dozen or so rolls and acknowledged there was a … Continue reading →

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Indian Portraits from the 1950s and 1960s

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Between Chennai and Pondicherry is an area with an especially high proliferation of “junk stores.  I suppose the owners would prefer we’d call them antique shops – but there actually aren’t that many actual antiques, just lots of oddities and … Continue reading →

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Found Film: Korea, 1946 – part 2

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Last week I posted about the first of four rolls of already-developed film I had come across via a seller on eBay, and have been scanning and restoring one by one.  This is the second roll, which provides a whole … Continue reading →

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What do our TV ads say about us?

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

70 or 80 years from now, what will people think of us when they see the television commercials that we use to sell products to each other?  If attitudes shift as much as they have over the last 70 to … Continue reading →

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Found Film Friday: Yellowstone Part 2

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

Last week I posted the first installment in a series of posts in which I share images from a collection of 14 rolls of Ektachrome slide film requiring an outdated chemical process, but which I decided to develop with black … Continue reading →

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Shooting with a 115-year-old Camera

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

That DSLR you bought a couple months ago – do you think it will still work in the year 2130? Sounds ridiculous? That’s basically the equivalent of taking photos with a Cycle Poco No. 3, manufactured by the Rochester Camera … Continue reading →

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Three Vest Pocket Kodaks

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

  These are “Vest Pocket Kodaks” – of which nearly two million were produced, from about 1912 to the early 1920s.  I’ve blogged about one of these cameras before – to sum up, they represent an important step in the miniaturization … Continue reading →

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Vintage Camera Test: No 2 Hawkeye Model C Anniversary Edition

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

This week’s vintage camera test is an interesting one (yes, but aren’t they all?), despite its rather long name.  Waaaay back in the late 1880s, a small company called the Boston Camera Company introduced a model called the “Hawk-Eye” Detective … Continue reading →

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Testing the Agfa Silette Rapid F

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Tom (Admin)

When I’m considering vintage cameras for purchase, I specifically look for cameras that still appear to work, and for which film can still be acquired somehow.  Then, periodically, I grab a couple and test them out.  This week, it’s the … Continue reading →

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Flashback: Vintage Kodak Commercials

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

If you’ve been wallowing in depression over the demise of Kodak, here are a few vintage films to cheer you up. First, there’s “America is Cameraland” – a 1960 infomercial (yes, they had those even then) that plays up the … Continue reading →

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Getting Better at Black and White

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

I love my Kodak Monitor 620 – this camera from the 1940s has taken a bit of time to master – especially since I’m new to film / analog photography anyway –  but I’m finally getting quality images out of … Continue reading →

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Six-16 Brownie Special with Found Film?

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

I’ve mentioned it before, and I still can’t tell you why:  I like taking old rolls of film I come across, and getting them developed to see what secrets they hold.  It costs much more than modern film, and probably … Continue reading →

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Vintage Cameras: Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 35

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

I was reminded today that I have a long way to go in building my vintage camera collection – the world record holder, who lives nearby in Mumbai, has a collection of 4,425.  At least, he did when this article … Continue reading →

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Found film: Cowboy Outfit – Yellowstone!

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

One more installment in the “found film” series. This series of photos came to us via eBay from an unknown camera. The first and fourth photos feature a little girl – one posing in a cowboy (-girl) outfit, and the … Continue reading →

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Fun with a Baby Brownie

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

Not long ago, I was looking for a way to cut down on the 7-week turnaround for black and white film processing I’ve had to deal with in Namibia (3 weeks to the U.S., 1 week for processing at Blue … Continue reading →

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Found Film: Day at the Beach

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Tom (Admin)

The latest photos in my “found film” series is a set of four 6 x 6 cm photos from an unknown camera. These show a family trip to the beach – possibly but not necessarily memorable – but they won’t … Continue reading →

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