Friday, June 17, 2022 – PACKING UP FOR A ROAD TRIP WITH STOPS AT HO-JO AND CARVELS
WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES OF TAKING PHOTOS ON YOUR VACATIONS IN THE PAST?
FROM THE ARCHIVES
698th Edition
DID YOU PACK THE
CAMERA, FILM AND
FLASH BULBS?
VACATIONS MEANT
KODAK CAMERAS AND FILM
WERE AS IMPORTANT
AS THE AIRLINE TICKET
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Kodak 2A Beau Brownie, 1930-1933, Art Deco designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Box-shaped apparatus, covered with imitation leather, for film 116. It measures 13 x 13 x 8 cm. It has two viewfinders (landscape and portrait format) as well as two tripod threads and 3 diaphragm openings selected by means of a rod.
Kodak 2A Beau Brownie, 1930-1933, Art Deco designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Box-shaped apparatus, covered with imitation leather, for film 116. It measures 13 x 13 x 8 cm. It has two viewfinders (landscape and portrait format) as well as two tripod threads and 3 diaphragm openings selected by means of a rod.
Black and White Image of Vintage Kodak Camera.jpg
| http://Kodak Instamatic and film cassette |
This Kodak Instamatic 33 camera had two shutter speeds, 1/40 and 1/80 of a second, a simple fixed focus lens, and a hot shoe for mounting a flash cube on top.
Different Kodak Brownies
Kodak Starflash and Starlet Camera
FOR THE MOTION PICTURE, A BOLEX CAMERA AND THE LIGHTBAR, THAT WAS SURE TO BLIND YOU!
FRIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
IN 2010, THE TRAM TOKEN BOOTHS WERE UNCEREMONIOUSLY
REMOVED FROM THE STATIONS.
ED LITCHER GOT IT RIGHT
Text by Judith Berdy
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Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
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