Found Photographs

[Rick A]

Another from the same day, including my mother, grandmother, and sisters.

Attachment 77563

[jcoldslabs]

This is a series of photographs my grandfather took in 1939 after his first year on the job at Weirton Steel in Steubenville, OH. Sorry for the image overload, but they do work best as a full series, I think. The negatives have not survived; these are scans of the original prints. They were likely taken with a Kodak Retina II. I still have this camera of his and it still works well!




Jonathan

[alman1]

Your grandfather was a very good photographer!

[jcoldslabs]

Your grandfather was a very good photographer!

I've always thought so. It's a shame he spent his life in the steel business. He could have done well with photography if he had tried, I'm sure. I have him to thank for getting me interested in photography and buying me my first camera at age nine, so he passed his love of it on to me.

Jonathan

[jmooney]

Your grandfather was a very good photographer!

+1

This is a wonderful series!

[bracan]

Excellent series!

[dasBlute]

this steel-mill series is awesome, thanks for sharing

[al olson]

I've always thought so. It's a shame he spent his life in the steel business. He could have done well with photography if he had tried, I'm sure. I have him to thank for getting me interested in photography and buying me my first camera at age nine, so he passed his love of it on to me.

Jonathan

Your grandfather had a good eye for composition. I especially like the low light scenes. Did he have a light meter or was he estimating exposure. I would like to see some of these images in a larger size.

[resummerfield]

Nice series! Thanks for posting these!

[alanbutler57]

Great series, thanks for sharing! Some of these would be good stock images.