I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".

Later in the decade my Dad discovered slide film.
Most of the slides are Kodachrome, and they have
stood up well. Ilfochrome should do just fine.
Many of the slides could have been shot yesterday.
Except for those hip 1960s clothes, of course. :-)

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