Lost and found

[walter23]

I'm amazed you managed to track down the identity of these people with so little information to go with.

[SocalAstro]

This is a very cool story - thanks for posting :-)

-Leon

[Ari]

Very resourceful of you, Randy, and a very happy ending to the story as well!

[amac212]

How I love stories like that and humans who take the time for a stranger. thanks for sharing, it gave me chills!

[Marizu]

Wow, that's a great story.

diseased? deceased*

It's an easy mistake to make.

I have a Brazilian friend who was working in a UK bank (true story).
A downcast man came in to the branch with a bank book asking to withdraw all of the money and shut the account down.
She looked at the book and, seeing a woman's name, asked if it was his.
The man replied, "no, it's my wife's she's deceased."
My friend responded, "well, tell her to come in when she's feeling better and we'll close the account then."

[Ash]

That's pretty funny in a black humour sort of way, Marizu. For me, I'd simply checked the forum once I woke up and didn't think to proof read before posting. By the time I realised I made a mistake I couldn't modify the post!

[cdholden]

That's a great story, thank you.

It's good to see 92 year olds internet-saavy. Now I'd like to know why and how he wanted to circle the globe without instruments?

How is easy if the skies are clear.
Why? Maybe his wife's meatloaf.

[Leigh]

Wow! That's marvelous.

- Leigh

[tgtaylor]

Terriffic story!

It reminds me of the portfolio that was published (in Lenswork?) of B&W images that were salvaged from cameras found in flee markets. The cameras and the film in them -some dating back to the 1930's from the dress and surroundings of those whose pictures remained on the latent images on the film - were purchased if there was film remaining in them and the film was then developed and printed.

It's amazing that prints can still be made from film that was shot 30, 40, 50, 60+ years ago and stored in a camera that lay abandoned and forgotten in an attic.

Thomas

[Randy]

Terriffic story!

It reminds me of the portfolio that was published (in Lenswork?) of B&W images that were salvaged from cameras found in flee markets. The cameras and the film in them -some dating back to the 1930's from the dress and surroundings of those whose pictures remained on the latent images on the film - were purchased if there was film remaining in them and the film was then developed and printed.

It's amazing that prints can still be made from film that was shot 30, 40, 50, 60+ years ago and stored in a camera that lay abandoned and forgotten in an attic.

Thomas

I was in Wal Mart to get some C-41 processing done a few years ago and the elderly lady in front of me was asking the lab tech about a roll of 35mm B&W she had found amungst her late mothers belongings. The lab would have to send it off and she was concerned about that. I offered to process it for her. It turned out to be images of her mother that were shot in the mid 40's (you could tell from the cars, clothing, and the age of her mother, who looked to be in her 30's).
I just love these discoveries. Kind of like deep sea fishing - you just never know what you might hook.