RSJB18 posted:geysergazer posted:briansilvermustang posted:geysergazer posted:I hung my Christmas pictures this AM.
Christmas Eve, 1964, waiting for the Capitol:
Lew- you have a spectacular collection of vintage railroad photos. Ever thought of doing a book?
Bob
Thanks, Bob. The photos I share here were taken by my Dad. I helped process a lot of those enlargements in our basement darkroom. There are 123 enlargements varying from 5X7 to 11X14 on the walls of my train room and I have a couple hundred more. I also have Dad's Kodak 3D photo collection as well as a lot of old Kodachrome 35mm slides. They are in poor condition due to age and storage in high humidity. The bulk of dad's collection though is in the form of thousands of B&W negatives, varying from 35mm to the Rolleiflex size (120, IIRC) and going in time back to the early '30s. Now with digital cameras and computers there should be a way to [quickly and easily] view those negatives as positives on a screen. If I could come up with such a rig I could sort&cull and pull out greats for later use. A book....I have just never considered. I was present when every pic on my walls was taken so I know something of the what, where and when but any negatives from before my time I would have no idea.
