I'm sure we'd all be interested to see the scans when you've done them. I certainly will be.
B > On 27 Jul 2014, at 00:59, "Darren Addy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
