I’m spending a little holiday downtime taking a collection of my father in law’s old 35mm slides and making digital copies of them to distribute to family members. It is mostly pictures of Sue’s family life & adventures in east Africa in the late 60s when her dad was working for the UN’s FAO. Mixed in are plenty of photos of Oregon in the 50s and 60s. This one above caught my eye though as it is clearly different than the rest. It is a Kodachrome slide, but the mount is made of brown kraft paper and is very thin. One side has a red border around it with “KODACHROME” in Futura type.
Handwritten on it is a note, “Orluz, 1940”
From the position of the Three Sisters mountains on the horizon I’d place this photo somewhere west of Terrebonne in Deschutes County, Oregon. Somewhere around here… near Lower Bridge perhaps. But I could be wrong, who knows that could be Mt. Jefferson from the East… it has been a while since I was in central Oregon on a clear day. 😉
It is clearly the oldest photo in the whole bunch, and shocking to see a color image from that time.
Happy Christmas Chuck! hope you bought a gift for the Jag! 😉
how are you transferring to digital?l – scanner? or poor mans scanner (camera)? thankfully I don’t have old slides but I’ve been transferring old movies to DVD – lots of little edits to get rid of damage and splices… takes forever! but worth it in the end – hopefully to add commentary that isn’t on the originals…
have a good day
Jerome
I bought a “proper” fuel filter for the Jag, thanks.
Yes, I’m using a poor man’s scanner. Results are spotty, depending upon the condition of the old slide.
–chuck
Chuck, that mountain is Jeff, 100% guaranteed. In the early 80’s during college I had a summer job with the Forest Service cutting blowdowns off the trails in the area including the Jefferson Wilderness. No chain saws in the wilderness areas, we had to use a misery whip. Sounds glamorous now, sure wasn’t at the time.
yeah, it is Mt. Jefferson. My mother-in-law confirmed it.
Like i said, it has been a while since I was in central Oregon on a clear day. 😉
–chuck
Nice shot. FYI 35mm KodaChrome was introduced in 1936 and was immediately popular. But before Kodachrome there was an earlier film from France called Autochrome. It was first marketed in 1907.
I have a great Kodachrome slide of my father and his brother taken around 1940. The colors are still rich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autochrome