Kodak Verichrome in #116 format - processed

[gorbas]

Very often we are talking here about processing found, old films. The last summer my son Philip got from our friend a box full of film cameras. Among them was this Kodak Brownie Autographic No.2A with a Kodak Verichrome film still inside. The film was most likely exposed in the 50's or the 60's and I developed them recently in HC110, dilution H, 20 degrees, for 8 minutes. We have no idea where were these pictures taken (most likely western Canada?) or who the kids were. The previous owner of the camera doesn't know anything about it either. The only clue is this detail - possibly a model of the car - "Regent"? Well, the kids deserve to have those pictures finally delivered - voilà.

 

[BrianShaw]

Sweet.

 

[removedacct1]

Quick! Call John Maloof!

 

[snapguy]

old Dodge

When living in Iowa (of all places) halfway through the last century I remember American-made cars with Canadian license plates would show up once in a while. The Canadian cars looked a little different than the ones made in the States. I believe the car is a Canadian Dodge Regent. The photos are fabulous. Good luck finding the "kids."

 

[MattKing]

When living in Iowa (of all places) halfway through the last century I remember American-made cars with Canadian license plates would show up once in a while. The Canadian cars looked a little different than the ones made in the States. I believe the car is a Canadian Dodge Regent. The photos are fabulous. Good luck finding the "kids."

They may very well be Canadian made cars - until recently our largest export to the USA was cars and car parts.

My Dad had a Pontiac with a Chevrolet engine that was manufactured in Ontario. Whenever we went to the States, the mechanics/gas station employees would gather around it, amazed.

To the OP: Great results

 

[snapguy]

It looks like a 1953 model to me. Might be a 1954.

 

[gorbas]

Thank you for the comments guys!
I think we all own one big Thank You for Eastman Kodak company for absolutely amazing technology they developed in the last 100+ years. This Verichrome film was sitting in that camera for the last 50 to 70 years and still produced usable pictures. No any bad effect from backing paper either! Most likely camera was stored part of the time in some place with daylight because red ruby is missing from winding window on the back and light left it's mark on the backing paper. The last week I developed Agfa APX100 in 120 format, expired in mid '90s and it had all marking from backing paper transferred to emulsion. Never ever seen anything similar with Agfa before. Film was stored in original Agfa wrapper and box until day before processing

 

[Denverdad]

These are great - nice job! To me, half the fun of working with found film is trying to solve the mystery of where and when the pictures were taken, and what you can learn about the people in them (if any). Unfortunately, not much to add here, except that in addition to the car, if there are details of the bicycle that may be useful too.

Good luck,

Jeff

 

[gorbas]

Thank you Jeff! You have right approach about it.
Yes, I did check bicycle before and beside name "ROAD" couldn't find anything else: