Still cleaning out boxes from my parents estate I found an envelope of negatives and 3x3 prints my father shot around 1965-1967 in Appalachacola FL. I have pencil drawings of the some of the image subjects so I am guessing he used them to gather ideas. I am thinking of enlarging these as a project.
The film is 120 and 127 B&W safety film.
Is there anything I need to be aware of regarding care of the negatives? I don't want them to go up in flames or melt under my antique enlarger.
You'll be fine. Flammable nitrate film stopped being made in the 1940s. Film from the '60s is not much different than what is made today. I recently found negatives of photos my father took of my mother before they were married that were taken in about 1943 and they are in surprisingly good condition.
If you still live in the USA, modern enlargers can be found for not much money. Though I can't imagine any medium format enlarger with enough heat to damage negatives....my antique enlarger.
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