September 29, 2009
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Film
My dad took a lot of family photos around the holidays with his 35mm camera.
I remember the metal film canisters the film was stored in.
I remember the slides that came back after the film was developed.
Dad took it to the drug store to get the film developed.
Grocery stores did not develop film back then - they sold food.
I do not know enough to critique his photography -
But I do know he captured many wonderful memories -of days the will never come again.
When I was a kid - I got a Brownie Fiesta camera for Christmas one year.
I remember Kodak VP-127 film was used for black and white prints.
I took quite a number of pictures of our dog - Brittany.
Seems like Ektachrome was used for color slides, and Kodachrome for prints.
At least in the 127 film I used years ago.
We had a good dog!
There is something about those old pictures taken with film cameras.
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day I have a photographic memory!
Too bad it never developed!
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Do you have a favorite picture? What is in the picture?
Comments (22)
i do.... but no time to share....i have a green couch. and i am LATE FOR WORK!
but i am number one, and first and it's TUDESDAY!
i do.....it's the black and white photo of my three kids when they were little......they were playing outside in the sprinkler and pool and stopped to pose for a pic for me
happy tudesday!!!!!!!!
Somewhere around here I still have the old Brownie that hung around my neck and I looked down into it to snap a picture. It used to be Dad's.
The grands were helping me clean out my rolltop desk last week. We found three old cameras, one with film still in it. I wonder what is on that film?
I have lots of favorite old pictures......too many to list. I also have a sack of those old canisters in the closet. I'm not sure why I'm saving them.
now which one would we talking of?...the ones of Scrooge? Miss Nell? my boys?...certainly not the ones of me...or the landscape ones...or the ones that got published in a book called Olancha Remembered by Wilma Olson?...and erm...which camera do I use today?...they range from 110, 126, 136, to at least 2 newer fingle fangled ones that are never handy when ya need it quick...LOL...smile
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie that my Mom gave me..(yours looked like a newer model than mine)....To take the picture you looked down in to the viewer and pushed down on a button that slid down and inch or so...I will have to scan some of those pics someday.....Enjoyed your posts and your pictures too...and your Dad's!
Isn't that the Saddest!!! I've used all those films and loved them. Old pictures really do pull at the heart strings, digital ones just have something missing... Peace.
Some of my favorites are from long ago, Christmas at my Grandparents home. The house was filled to the rafters with family fun!!! Yep, these are some of the best!
I just can't get over all the great photos you have from your childhood! You're very fortunate! Love your cute doggie!
Kathi
My favorite pic from my childhood is when my dad took a photo of my brother and I in front of Grahman's Chinese Theater. I had my feet in Red Skelton's.
I remember having an itty bitty camera that was almost doll-sized. It really took pictures....but can't remember what I took them of!
yes, black and white was the normal way to get your photos but Dad used to get his 35mm out and get slides,also. When we get together we used to show slides on the living room wall and laugh and laugh.
I don't remember the metal canisters... we didn't have a camera when we were kids, but my grandparents had one of the brown box ones like your Mom is holding. (I like the picture)
When I was in my twenties, I got a 35mm and I also had a 110 with the funny cartridge thingies. I was easier to use to take pictures of the boys when they were young. : )
John has a 35mm that he hasn't used in a long time...
Now I have the digital... no more having to wait for film to be developed and to find out if any of the pictures turned out!!
Have a good evening.
I had one of those tiger pillows! You stuffed your pajamas in it during the daytime.
Like everything else, I have a bunch of favorite pictures... but I think my favoritest is of my mom and dad and me when I was a baby... and so were they! 19 and 20 years old! It is the end of an era...
ahh...tis in the 50's outside and 60's inside...no taint gonna lit the fire up yet...suppose to snow around 7,000 feet tonite...and I'm off in a few for a cold shower...lol...smile
The wait to have pics developed was rough to take as a kid! Was humming Kodachrome as I was reading your entry!
In a drawer some place I have one of those disposable cameras and a couple of canisters of film that have never been developed. We didn't have the money, and they got shoved in a drawer, and now it has been YEARS and I don't even know what is on the film! It might be fun to get them processed. ~~ I don't think I have a favorite picture. I have LOTS of favorites!
Yes. Guess...
I lived in Texas too when we got a new Brownie flash camera. Boy , Donkey, you reasllly hit the nostalgia button on this blog. Mother claimed the camera and took some wonderful pictures. Sometimes as I look at your old family pictures ...I think I was there too.LOL I remember thos flashbulbs that would just fry...and the containers the film came in also. I now have several plastic ones I saved and store new state quarters in them. I also have stored buttons, glitter, and craft ink that comes in crystal form and is melted on to a card. Those were good times for sure.
Your dad left you a wonderful legacy of pics,memories on paper,documentation of daily life ,a glimpse into the past that is gone.