71 y.o here...and yes, first processing was done in 1956 with Kodak TRI
CHEM pack, MQ developer/stop bath/fixer. Prints were contact printed in a
homemade contact printer made of wood, covered with black paper. Two way
socket inside for 7(?) watt red and white bulbs. cut was made in wooden box
to hold a metal contact print frame that sandwiched the negative and
paper against glass and exposed it to the lights.
Same Trim Chem pack was used for both film processing and printing
(cannot remember if the dilution of MQ developer was altered for printing.
If I live to be 100 I will NEVER forget the smell of those chemicals.
I'd recognize them anywhere!
Charlie Silverman
In a message dated 9/12/2017 3:46:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Same here, and using a Tri-Chem pack.
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From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 11:52 AM
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At 01:11 PM 9/12/2017, Richard K. wrote, in part:
The first roll of film I ever developed was Verichrome, done under a ruby
lamp by see-sawing it in a tray. I can still see the image slowly coming up
in my mind.
I'll bet everyone here over 60 or so have been there, I surely have.
I also had a small contact printer given to me by my dad who was away in
the navy.
I had a problem. I went to the local 5-10 cent store and bought a red
light bulb. It was far from a safety light. Finally realized that and bought
a real safety lamp.
DAW
