I recently acquired an old Kodak Pocket 1A from the early 1920's, and upon opening the back, I discovered an expired roll of Kodak Verichrome 116. I developed it using the "seesaw" action under a red safelight, and this is the only image retrieved from the film. My guess is that this was exposed in the late '30's to mid 40's.
Thanks guys. When I found the film in the camera, I didn't hold much hope of being able to produce a usable image. I had no experience in "seesaw" development, or orthochromatic film development under a safelight. I didn't know the film speed or how it was exposed. The scan came up well I think, but I just fell in love with this image after I printed and mounted it. I now suspect that the image was taken by my grandmother, or a relative. I am not sure of the significance of this overhead power line pole, but the aesthetics alone (perhaps due to developing error, or the age of the film) make this a successful print IMO.
Very cool Micky. I had a similar experience with an old Kodak folder.
I developed the film and it did present some images. Looked like from the 40's by the make of the vehioclas in the image.
I have a couple of other rolls from some old cameras that I plan on developing. It is like digging for fossels, a lot of fun!
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