Kodachrome -Post your images!

[dave lackey]

Some how the photos look better than some of what I see today..
Maybe its the old lenses..or the 50's/60's mentality..
Maybe people knew their cameras a little better back then..
..or maybe..Kodachrome color..
I like em..!

Emile, I noticed the same thing.

Like Larry said, one can learn an awful lot by truly observing all of these wonderful images.🙂

 

[Mackinaw]

I should add that all of these 1950’s Kodachromes were taken by my dad and his Argus C3 camera. He took literally hundreds of Kodachromes of us as kids, and even more on B&W film. He was quite the photographer in his own right, and his 1930’s B&W stuff, when he was a teenager, are my personal favorites. My interest in photography is because of him.

I don’t want to monopolize this thread with his/my pics, but I have so many of them. I’m trying to pick out the better ones (to me), or the ones that have historical significance (if historical is the right word). The 1950’s Kodachromes do tell a story of an era long gone.

Jim B.

 

[charjohncarter]

I should add that all of these 1950’s Kodachromes were taken by my dad and his Argus C3 camera. He took literally hundreds of Kodachromes of us as kids, and even more on B&W film. He was quite the photographer in his own right, and his 1930’s B&W stuff, when he was a teenager, are my personal favorites. My interest in photography is because of him.

I don’t want to monopolize this thread with his/my pics, but I have so many of them. I’m trying to pick out the better ones (to me), or the ones that have historical significance (if historical is the right word). The 1950’s Kodachromes do tell a story of an era long gone.

Jim B.

I hope I speak for everyone, but for me these are all great: 'era long gone.'

 

[dave lackey]

I hope I speak for everyone, but for me these are all great: 'era long gone.'

Don't apologize for sharing, now is the perfect time for everyone to empty their shoeboxes and enlighten us all! Larry is correct, the real 50s America and indeed our personal histories are in everyone's collections of photos and Kodachrome shows it best..

This thread has become extraordinary.

I love them, too, keep posting!🙂🙂🙂

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Yes, this thread is awesome. Having been born in '51, I keep expecting to see myself.

 

[dave lackey]

Yes, this thread is awesome. Having been born in '51, I keep expecting to see myself.

Laughing out loud... I think I may have already seen myself somewhere in those early photos! Comfort photos, and gorgeous at the same time.🙂

 

[Mackinaw]

1954 or 1955. All of these are taken in the Detroit area. My dad was an engineer who worked for Ford.

Jim B.

 

[Emile de Leon]

These photos represent a piece of all of us..who lived in those eras..

 

[Mackinaw]

Anybody who lived in the Detroit area is familiar with the Bob-Lo boat. Bob-Lo (actually Bois Blanc) is an island in the Detroit River maybe 15 miles from downtown Detroit. Bob-Lo, now closed, was an amusement park that operated for about 100 years. Generations of Detroiter’s went there for a day of fun. You took this boat (there was one other) to get to the island. This Kodachrome is from 1953.

Jim B.

 

[skucera]

On an unknown type of deck gun aboard the USS Texas battleship circa 1962. I would have been about six at the time. A family vacation led us there. Sweatshirts in Texas? Near Houston.
Kodachrome unknown
Camera: Kodak pony

I'm not an expert, but I think it's a 3 inch 50 caliber mark 17 dual-purpose gun. It was also used on submarines, destroyer escorts, and lots of Liberty ships, troop transports, etc. This one is on a taller mount to make it easier to load when firing upward at aircraft.



Alright, enough Navy nerding... back to Kodachrome slides.... 🙂



Scott

 

[Larry Cloetta]

Opelika, Alabama 1959 Original Kodachrome

 

[dave lackey]

Amazingly, I see none of the typical scenes associated with the images one sees that have been Kodak moments by famous photographers. Larry is right.

I have no idea how this would/should work... or if it is even something that can be done here... but here goes...Anyone up for a Kodachrome book with RFF contributors only? I would love to have one on my shelf!🙂🙂🙂

Just a thought.

 

[charjohncarter]

Good idea, if it were cheap enough it would sell.

 

[Mackinaw]

My sister, and our brand new, pink 1955 Ford.

Jim B.

 

[dave lackey]

My sister, and our brand new, pink 1955 Ford.

Jim B.

Beautiful! Pink 55! I love those pastel colors from the 50s. Lately I have been dreaming of a 59-62 red Corvette, red interior, white coves on the sides, wide whitewall tires and ... they don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[Mackinaw]

Beautiful! Pink 55! I love those pastel colors from the 50s. Lately I have been dreaming of a 59-62 red Corvette, red interior, white coves on the sides, wide whitewall tires and ... they don't make 'em like they used to.

Know, they don't make them like they used to.

Our 55 Ford was actually a two-tone (remember those?). The roof and the area above the side chrome accent was white, the rest of the car was pink. My mom named the car "pinky." To this day, when I mention "pinky" to my sister, she knows what I mean.

Jim B.

 

[news shooter]

USS Texas ca. 1962

USS Texas ca. 1962

I'm not an expert, but I think it's a 3 inch 50 caliber mark 17 dual-purpose gun. It was also used on submarines, destroyer escorts, and lots of Liberty ships, troop transports, etc. This one is on a taller mount to make it easier to load when firing upward at aircraft.



Alright, enough Navy nerding... back to Kodachrome slides.... 🙂



Scott

Scott,
Thanks for that info. Appreciate it. Was definitely a kids dream sitting on it!

 

[Larry Cloetta]

Kodachrome II 1971

 

[Larry Cloetta]

Kodachrome II 1971

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Well I was waiting to see myself, and now I have. In 1972 I had a '59 TR3, a mustache, square steel glasses, and wore Navy dungaree shirts, 'cause I was in the Navy. My hair was a bit shorter than this, but not much.