Route 66 in the 1950's (also an obituary)

[Richard Wasserman]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/...icana-obituary

Enjoy folks!

[profvandegraf]

cool!

[Roger Thoms]

Richard, thanks for posting, I really enjoyed the article and photographs.

Roger

[Willie]

"Box Camera"? After checking with the Khela's who put this together, the camera is a 5x7 as are all the negatives.

"Developed again" - washed and cleaned, scanned and printed. Would be nice to see fine contact prints from someone like Paula Chamlee or another excellent contact printing specialist. Even better would be a book with Lodima Press high standards with the 600 line screen separations.
After checking, the film is Kodak Super XX.

[Jim Noel]

"Box Camera"? I guess the Agfa 8x10 is that. After checking with the Khela's who put this together, the camera is a 5x7 as are all the negatives.

"Developed again" - washed and cleaned, scanned and printed. Would be nice to see fine contact prints from someone like Paula Chamlee or another excellent contact printing specialist. Even better would be a book with Lodima Press high standards with the 600 line screen separations.
A good project and thanks for posting the link.

The one V notch showing on the film edge - What film was used?

After my Uncle checked with Paula Chamlee she showed the notch code for Kodak Super XX, which is three notches. That is the only B&W sheet film she uses. Maybe this was an earlier version with two notches?

If it was Kodak film the single notch would make it Plus X or Sheet Verichrome. I strongly believe it was Verichrome. ut that was a longtime ago and I don't have any sheet Verichrome (it was B&W not color) left to make a better judgement.

[Vaughn]

Interesting sort of HD renderings of 50s images.

It is a great road, to be sure. East or west, it is the best...

[Alan Curtis]

Thanks Richard
Terrific story and photographs.

[William Whitaker]

"The images use something called one-point perspective: the composition that makes faraway objects appear to recede."
WTH is that?? Sounds like regular old perspective to me...
But I never went to art school, so don't know this new-fangled way of speakin'! (or is it "old-fangled"?)

[Vaughn]

"The images use something called one-point perspective: the composition that makes faraway objects appear to recede."
WTH is that?? Sounds like regular old perspective to me...
But I never went to art school, so don't know this new-fangled way of speakin'! (or is it "old-fangled"?)

Simple stuff. Like talking about cars and mentioning the non slip differential -- if you know something about cars no problem...if you don't, then you ask why they are talkin' all technical like.

The images does look like the flash bar was used -- intense one source light!

[Two23]

These are the kinds of photos I would love to be taking. Today I was back out into the very small towns with my 4x5. Using the photos you linked I took one "environmental portrait" but the rest were of buildings etc. I find it easy to talk to people and mix well with small town and rural people. We have a lot of the same interests and values. I just don't know if I could walk into a barbershop full of people and take a photos of them though. Maybe. I could do that with my own barber and customers I'm sure. He runs a classic shop. My dream would be to wander around the Great Plains taking photos like the ones you linked. I was thinking the camera was a 5x7 but others are pretty sure it's 8x10?


Kent in SD