Super interesting find – "Photo-Lab Index" from 1953

[ScottPhotoCo]

This weekend wandering around an antique store in SoCal I found and purchased this Photo-Lab Index. It is from 1953 and has hundreds of pages of detailed information on films, processing and instruction. It measures about 8.5 x 8" and is a binder that is about 4" deep. Too cool to pass up.

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[ScottPhotoCo]

A few of the pages:

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/327/19053610582_679f08aab3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/v2GJBh)LabBook_SamplePage2 (https://flic.kr/p/v2GJBh) by Tim Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/), on Flickr

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Yes. I am a photo nerd.

[EdSawyer]

I have the mid-1980s paperback version of this book, it is a good reference.

[Luis-F-S]

Great Find! Don't guess you'd like to scan & post on line......................

[ScottPhotoCo]

Great Find! Don't guess you'd like to scan & post on line......................

There are many, many pages in this book. It would take me years to scan them all. I can maybe take a section if there is something someone specifically needs.

[Taija71A]

COOL! :cool:

Yes, although the Photo Lab Index contains errors within (like the original 'Darkroom Cookbook')... It is still a very useful and valuable 'Cross Reference'.

1953... Eh?
Great find... Scott!

Best regards, -Tim.

[LabRat]

Interesting addition from the WWII era version was a section on using common (household) chemicals as replacements for war shortage ingredients for processing...

Steve K

[John Olsen]

That's a neat find.

Here's what I've been dragging around for 45 years. It's from 1962 - I got it in 1970. Anyone want to calculate exposures based on the expected temperature in an explosion? This is a good place to start.

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[John Jarosz]

My PLI is from 1972, a youngster compared to yours.

I found this 1946 Kodak Reference Handbook when cleaning out a deceased photographer's darkroom a few years ago.

[IanG]

Just remember that the PLI's are full of mistakes they aren't reliable. Better to use manufacturers own publications.

Ian

[Rick A]

I have one from the mid 70's, handy to have around.