Iowa in 40s

May 04, 2010 19:27




This tiny thing has a name. It is "Baby Brownie".
Little bakelite box from 30s with glass in a front and 1-speed-shutter behind it.
Kodak made zillions of them and there is no problem to find one on eBay, but the one with film is a rarity.

The film is nitrate-based, yellowish and very-very brittle.
4 min in 10% HC-110 at 39F/4C -- 7 frames and virtually no fog:















In the frame#1 the lady is laughing because somebody behind her is trying to lift her up...I remember my neighbor doing it to his wife.
It always worked: she laughed.

Cars looks like post-war 40s and earlier breed (fragments):





I did not look up the exact models thought.

The photographer was probably someone small since all the frames are taken from very low point of view and Baby Brownie is supposed to be used at eye level. And young -- that's because the roll had been left in the camera.

War is over and everybody is laughing and sun is shining somewhere in Iowa (I received the camera from zip 50273).
All the pics + few fragments here.

Enjoy.

fin.

127, agfa plenachrome, found film, 40s

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