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As a bit of an explanation, these pictures were taken by my Grandfather for a photography class he took in 1957. For those of you familiar with Portland, you’ll recognize the Fox Theatre as the site of the Fox Tower on Broadway. I’ll let you guess about the other photo! I hope to post more of Grandpa’s photos in the future.
David, I remember when Dad bought his new Argus C-3 camera. Some one of his co-workers had just bought one and Dad wanted one, but didn’t have the spare money, so he went to the bank and got a calendar bank. You had to put a quarter in each day to change the date. I don’t know how much he needed, but you know your Grandpa wasn’t going to spend money he didn’t have. Once he got his new camera he decided he better learn how to take pictures, so he took a class. I suspect these pictures were a part of a class project where a whole group of fledgling photographers were set loose on Broadway. I look forward to seeing more as you work your way through his slides.
Either you added grain to the photograph or they were classics. I like the grain in these – they date the photo and adds character.
They were slides that I scanned with a flat bed scanner. I suspect the flat bed scanner leaves images slightly out of focus, which contributes to the grain, in addition to effectively blowing up the 35mm image.
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