A friend was having a garage sale today, so I decided to take the opportunity to take some vintage woodworking tools to sell and I sat out there for about 4 hrs in stiffling heat and sold nothing. But it was still worth it because she was selling this interesting little old box that looked vintage photographic. It was labeled "Late 1800 early 1900 photo prints professional - $25".
So I open it up and it is a negative file with a lot of negatives inside. The negatives are mostly 2-1/4x3-1/4 and there is old film pack box (Premo Film Pack) with approximately 25 negatives in it. The developer's label is partially missing so I can't see the town in Nebraska where they were developed, but the customer name on it is "Mrs. Robb". There is a little "Housh Film Index" which has negative numbers and some information written about the subject in the negative handwritten along side. They appear to be of local locations (Like Shelton, Nebraska) and international sites (suggesting the photographer was an international traveler). There is a rather modern paper sack for negatives (as in "Kodak Colorwatch System" days but inside are some decidely old exposures... cars with wooden spoked wheels and steamer trunks strapped to the running board... as just one random example. Other photographs appear to have been taken from THE AIR, which is pretty wild if they are from the early 1900s. I'm guessing there are close to a hundred negatives in this box, but I have yet to count. So, I need to figure out how to scan these things and see which ones might be neat to print. At work I have a nice scanner and it has a negative holder that will work for 6x7 film, I think. I've never tried scanning negatives before. There is also a little yellowed envelope of "M&M Photo Matts (2-1/4x4-1/4) "Artistic negatives of frames and borders designed with oval, circular, and rectangular openings. By using these Matts and improved appearance can be given to any picture". These were made by Millard & Manning, 3351 Sheffield Ave. Chicago, ILL. Anyway, this seemed like a lot of fun for $25, and quite out of the ordinary... so they followed me home. I will keep you posted, if anyone is interested. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
