The Flickr 1960Sfamilyphotos Image Generatr

From my Dad's Kodachrome slide collection. I'm almost positive that this was taken in one of Mom & Dad's friends backyard in the Woodmont neighborhood of Milford Connecticut. Aug 1963

Film was expensive, so as a kid I always tried to get the most out of each roll even if that meant attempting just one more shot after the numbers stopped showing in the little red window in back of the camera. Sometimes it worked and other times, not so well.

My Dad took this Kodachrome slide using his 1950s Kodak Retina 35mm camera. It's just amazing how much gentrification took place in this neighborhood starting the late 1980s and going forward.

Several months ago while cleaning out some old boxes of junk, I found the Holy Grail - an unprocessed roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan 120 size film from my first camera. Decades ago, at the age of 8, I had placed the roll back into the original yellow box and for some reason never got around to having it processed into prints.

I searched around on the internet and found Film Rescue International. Although a little leery about what they could capture from film this old, I was pleasantly surprised with the results. Foggy, grainy... it all adds to the atmosphere of images of time long gone by.

It's funny how we copy our parents behavior from an early
age. My dad also used to keep his hands in his pockets
quite often when just standing around.

If you know what kind of car that is in the center,
please leave a comment. It looks like a Checker to me.
Also, the newer car to the right of that... looks like a 1964 or 1965
Ford or Dodge but I can't tell for sure. Any guesses are welcome!


By the way... here's a photo I took with my little Kodak Instamatic 104
camera at this same birthday party just minutes before my dad took the
one above www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5644158119/


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