Nostalgia

[GBO25]

Ah, those were the days.
The image in the centre of the left page is the first photograph I ever took on my very first camera, a Kodak Box Brownie.
Only adjustments I had to worry about were hold the camera one way for portrait and the other way for landscape and don't forget to wind the film on before the next shot or it'll be a double exposure

[Shadowman]

Sure it was easy because we only pulled out the camera during daylight hours.

[IzzieK]

I like this shot...the image itself brings back memories...it's like an old movie that grows on you...Good job. I like the mood you brought to this photo...

[GBO25]

Thanks Izzie and yes John not only daylight but bright daylight required.

[rpcrowe]

"Only adjustments I had to worry about were hold the camera one way for portrait and the other way for landscape and don't forget to wind the film on before the next shot or it'll be a double exposure"

However, the B&W photos from many-many years ago are still with us, despite (in many cases being stored in less than ideal conditions). I have many B&W images of ancestors taken before the turn of the 20th Century... This image of my dad isn't quite that old but, was taken at least 80-years ago!

BTW: cigarettes were thought to be cool in those days!

OTOH: Many color images (both slides and prints) from thirty or forty years ago (or even less if not stored in optimal conditions) are fading out now. I fear that, unless we make a concentrated effort to digitize these images, we will lose a significant portion of our history. But the B&W shots will likely last through to the 22nd Century or more...

[just me]

I like this image very much too, and a very good idea .......

Griddi.......

[GBO25]

...... This image of my dad isn't quite that old but, was taken at least 80-years ago!...

And on something a lot better than a box brownie Richard. Great memory to keep.

[rpcrowe]

And on something a lot better than a box brownie Richard. Great memory to keep.

Yep, that was a professional portrait that my father used in his portfolio as he was seeking a modeling job in New York City.

However, this is a box brownie (type of shot) that was done between 1928 and 1930.



I can place the year accurately because that is when he served aboard Battleship USS Texas. In my formative years, he always bemoaned the fact that he had not stayed in the Navy to retire. I am sure that was what spurred me to make the Navy my career of 32 years...

[Barbara Ponder]

I can place the year accurately because that is when he served aboard Battleship USS Texas. In my formative years, he always bemoaned the fact that he had not stayed in the Navy to retire. I am sure that was what spurred me to make the Navy my career of 32 years...

Love the nostalgia! Richard we live about 15 mins. from where the Battleship Texas is dry docked. I have been there several times the last time was this past November with my son's 7th grade class.

[rpcrowe]

Apparently some of the funds for the USS Texas Memorial were collected through Texas schools. I spent 32 years in the Navy but, have never been aboard USS Texas.
Although my family originally settled in South Texas (what is now Bee County) on a Mexican land grant in the late 1820's, the family later moved up to the San Antonio and Dallas areas...

[Mike Buckley]

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BTW: cigarettes were thought to be cool in those days!

My mother explained to me decades ago that when she and her friends started smoking cigarettes, they had no idea that doing so could give them cancer.

I learned today that a good friend who spent most of his life smoking cigarettes now has lung cancer.

[Stryno]

here is a Hawkeye, '29 looks new, I have the owners manual and box, I wanted to buy some film and give it an ol' try. now I am going to have to.

[IzzieK]

Will this be like a Brownie on how you operate it? Just curious...I've never seen one but I have of the Brownie...wonderful little camera.

[Stryno]

Yes I believe they function the same, and I am such a dunce I put '39 it is actually a '29 Hawk-eye Model C.

[Barbara Ponder]

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My mother explained to me decades ago that when she and her friends started smoking cigarettes, they had no idea that doing so could give them cancer.

I learned today that a good friend who spent most of his life smoking cigarettes now has lung cancer.

Mike I lost my only brother to lung cancer almost 10 years ago, he had just celebrated his 50th birthday 2 days before he died! It is a horrible disease that also took my Brother-in-law at 54. I smoked for MANY years but quit 15 years ago. I pray my son never picks up the habit! It was considered cool even when I was growing up in the 70's or at least it was among my friends. TV played a role in that and I suppose that was driven by the tobacco industry. Sorry it's a real sore subject for me. I will now step off my soap box!