Photo dating using watermark

Robyn Zink · Jul 6, 2014

Can anyone tell me which year Kodak used the words 'this paper was made by Kodak' in a continuous scroll across the back of their photographs? I am trying to date an old photograph.

septim · Jul 6, 2014

I have seen photos in our family collection spanning over many many decades with variations of 'This paper was made by Kodak' in a continuous scroll across the back. I would say that without a scan of the watermark it would be near to impossible to date the image.

papermaker · Jul 7, 2014

Robyn Zink said:
Can anyone tell me which year Kodak used the words 'this paper was made by Kodak' in a continuous scroll across the back of their photographs? I am trying to date an old photograph.

You can find a chronology of Ektacolor Paper backprints here:

http://gawainweaver.com/images/uploads/file/Ektacolor Backprint Chronology.pdf

By the way, backprints on photo papers are often referred to as watermarks but a watermark is something quite different.

Photo dating using watermark

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