[pure-silver] Re: NO ONE ELSE? was NOSTALGIA LANE...
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:10:54 -0700
Bob,
Why would you say no one likes them??
Bob
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:02 AM, bobkiss @caribsurf.com <
bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I guess no one else likes any of these old books?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:39 AM, bobkiss @caribsurf.com <
> bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> DEAR LIST,
>>
>> From time to time I can't help taking a short walk down nostalgia
>> lane so I look at the books that were buried in the box with my father's
>> darkroom gear when he gave me permission to revive it and set it up. He
>> insisted that I read them all before I could actually use the chems to
>> process film and make prints. This was around 1962. I have them right
>> here:
>>
>> 1) Modern Developing Methods from The Edwal Labs
>> 2) Developing and Printing Made Easy from GAF (General Aniline and Film
>> Corp)
>> 3) Everybody's Photo Course "A US Camera Book"
>> 4) How To Make Good Pictures by Kodak
>>
>> They all show copyright dates of 1945-46, reminding me that my Dad
>> began this hobby soon after coming home from WW II, 5 years before I was
>> born.
>>
>> From our contemporary perspective, most of the example photos are
>> truly cheesy but there are also some lovely examples of late Pictorialism.
>> Also there are some interesting formulae which I haven't seen in later
>> volumes. Anyhow, they bring me memories of my "yute" as My Cousin Vinny
>> said in the movie...
>>
>> CHEERS!
>> BOB
>>
>>
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