AzRednek Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Back in the mid '70s, at Hellers Camera in Bethesda Md. there was discovered a reference book with a color photo of the battleship Pennsylvania, in an advanced base sectional dock, somewhere in the Pacific in about 1944. The quality of the photo made it clear that it was shot with a large format camera, which is puzzling since it was not thought that Kodachrome (the only modern color film of the time in the US) was available in sheet films. An old Kodak hand (and WWII vet, a radioman in Europe) said that they did have sheet Kodachrome, and that there was only one machine to process the film, located in Rochester. The exposed film was sent there for processing. Notice most of the woman had lipstick and nail polish on. WWII could not have been won without the woman of America stepping into men's shoes to build the equipment needed to defeat the axis powers. Fascinating! Some of these images are 72 years old and look as fresh as ever. If someone had told any of the subjects in these photos that we'd have such a clear look at them in the year 2014, they'd never believe it. Boggles the mind!! Click the link below to check it out... http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Those were interesting and very high quality pics. However, I'm going with the "staged" for the nail polish and lipstick parts. I mean, you walk up to any woman today or ever and say "I've got this super hi res new color camera and I want to take your picture here at work, OK?" and you'll get back "OK, in a minute...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Those were neat! Wow, the last picture of the dugout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 That was very nice to see. it was like looking in a time warp. karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiris Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thanks for posting the link, great pictures of a time when Americans cared about their work and their country. Spiris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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