Dating a roll of Verichrome Pan found in a camera ?

[Luddite Frank]

Recently, I acquired a National Graflex SLR - basically a miniaturized version of the old RB Graflex reflex cameras.

I found that the camera contained a roll of film (Kodak Verichrome-Pan, ASA 125), apparently just loaded before the camera was put away for many years.

I decided to shoot-out the roll, and see if anything would come of it.

The first three frames were completely fogged, but the remainder that I shot actually turned-out okay ( sorry, no prints until I can get the negs scanned ).

I asked my local lab to save the spool and backing-paper.


Attached are pics of the backing paper and spool... I'm hoping someone out there might recognize it and suggest an approximate year / era of this roll of film... The only info on the film stock itself says: " Kodak Safety Film " and the number 6041 along the edges.

Thanks for any replies !

Luddite Frank

 

[Luddite Frank]

Couple more pics of the mystery VP...

The picture of the spool shows the flange has a raised area around the center hub, then a depresed area, then the flat outer flange. I think this was the take-up spool. The other spool ( from this film) just has a raised center hub, and flat flange (no intermediate depression).

I started shooting roll-film around 1978-1980, and while 620,120, 116, and 616 were still spooled on metal spools, I seem to recall 120 going to plastic spools in the mid-1980's ?

Thanks !!!


LF