Imagine finding a truck full of brand new 35mm film processing machines. That’s what happened two weeks ago, though the reality of what we found has taken a few days of research and a lot of Googling to understand. Let me explain…
An old friend of mine has been in the salvage business for 20 years. He and his business partner recently bought a new property, and as part of the deal, they also assumed ownership of all the industrial salvage items on the lot. That included 15 semi-truck trailers full of industrial salvage and scrap, some of which turned out to be pretty interesting.
This particular friend is a hobbyist photographer and knows just enough to be dangerous when it comes to cameras, so when he uncovered a machine with “Kodak” on it, he was instantly intrigued. Imagine his surprise when he kept moving scrap electronics out of the way and ended up finding an entire trailer full of what appeared to be brand new machines, all with the Kodak name on them.