Photo of my Dad with a Big Ass Enlarger!

[sruddy]

We have been on quarateen started March 16th. I have been taking advantage of the free time working on personal photographic projects. One of which is digitizing family photos, slides, and negatives. My father was a photographer in the Navy during WWII. Here is a shot of him in the darkroom with an enlarger. I don't know if it's a military version or what lens it's fitted with but I like the image. The best part is I have the negatives of all the prints and more so if I like a print I can pull it out and see if I can do better. :-)

[HMG]

Great image. 4x5 negative I would assume.

[Oren Grad]

Hmm... Elwood?

[Dugan]

That is so cool in so many ways!
Thanks for posting it.

[John Kasaian]

It's an 8x10 Elwood enlarger in the horizontal position

[Drew Wiley]

He's removing the lens to use it for a mortar round.

[rfesk]

I agree - 8x10 Elwood

[sruddy]

Great image. 4x5 negative I would assume.

Thanks, I haven’t found the negative yet. This was copied from an 8x10 print.

[sruddy]

It's an 8x10 Elwood enlarger in the horizontal position

Thank you!

[sruddy]

I may share some more images from the Navy years. I’m wondering which section would be best to post the thread.