Found Photographs

[Rick A]

I'm cleaning the negatives themselves. I don't scan negatives, only prints. These were so badly mishandled for years, evidenced by the scratches and overlay marks. I despise digital remastering of the old works.

[Ian Gordon Bilson]

Rescued from a rubbish pile. No info,but the "Palmerston" would be in North Otago,South Island,New Zealand.

[Ian Gordon Bilson]

No date,but a photographic nod to the "Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company" (South Otago", New Zealand).
Experts may note the Hipster Beards on these ,long dead dudes.

[mdm]

Lovely to see something local, thanks Ian.

[leighmarrin]

In a used bookstore I found a bunch of photos from the 1940s and 1950s of streetcars and trains. The bookstore owner said they were taken by a San Francisco cabdriver whose hobby was traveling up and down the west coast of the US and Canada, photographing railways.

In the first picture the sign on the side of the streetcar reads GET THE STREETCAR HABIT IT SAVES.

In the second picture the ad on the front of the streetcar reads SPORTS BY ALF COTTRELL DAILY IN THE SUN. (A Vancouver BC newspaper.) The writing on the top side reads BC ELECTRIC RY CO

In the third photo the sign on the right/front read I'M RETIRING SOON. On the side near the door some of the text reads HELP SPEED UP SERVICE. On the lower left front I can't read all the text, but some reads BETTE DAVIS WINTER MEETING--a movie, I assume. Its destination sign reads LEEDS: any idea where in western north America that might be?

[Rick A]

Contact print from 8x10 press negative, 1935 dedication of new addition at hospital, St. Mary's Pa.after fire gutted main building previous spring

[Tin Can]

Contact print from 8x10 press negative, 1935 dedication of new addition at hospital, St. Mary's Pa.after fire gutted main building previous spring

Do you mean this is a modern, done recently contact print of the old neg?

I ask as I may buy some old negs for this purpose.

[Rick A]

Do you mean this is a modern, done recently contact print of the old neg?

I ask as I may buy some old negs for this purpose.

Yes, Randy. The son of the photographer gave me several dozen negatives to play with, dating from the early 1930's through the 1960's.

[Rick A]

print of 4x5 negative, fire that destroyed the St. Mary's hospital, spring 1934

I started working on this print last night, work in progress.

[Randy]

I recently processed a roll of 120 Verichrome Pan that I have had for years - must have been in a camera I purchased off ebay. The paper backing was stuck to the film for about 2/3rds the length. I just cut it off and processed the unstuck portion - kind of wish I had of soaked the stuck portion to see if I could get the paper to sluff off, as there probably were images there...this is the only surviving image - my dad says it's a 1958 Ford...