Seventy five year old photographs ... Roll #10 (Darwin~Australia)

[Keith]

Following on from roll #9 (unknown) posted in this thread.


This roll's canister said Darwin and this is definitely the Northern Territory of Australia but we don't seem to be seeing Darwin itself ... just some fairly remote area where Bettina and Maria stayed. It's pretty basic by the looks of it ... no cruise ship luxury here and the environment is very 'Australian!'

No real standout images here IMO but I do like the progression ... and some interest for me in the floor underneath the high set house (very Oz) and the gun on the bed for shooting around corners! LOL

The film is Eastman Panchromatic and there were forty exposures on the roll ... many of which were very over exposed I might add. Bettina, the european photographer supreme, obviously hasn't figured out that sunny sixteen is more like sunny twenty two or better in Northern Australia!

Thanks and once again ... enjoy!

 

[MatthewThompson]

What an adventure this must have been for them. Thanks again for sharing.

 

[dfoo]

What is the round tree flooring in the building? Tree stumps?

 

[oftheherd]

Nice photos notwithstanding what you said. Partly due to PP no doubt. I was also curious about the "floor" as well as the shot of the birds/bats. Which was it?

 

[dexdog]

Those slices of trees as floor tile are interesting. The camp looks like a pretty nice set-up, though.

Not quite sure what to make of the bent rifle, though- you wouldn't catch me firing that thing!

 

[elmer3.5]

Keith, what a fantastic series of phots you gathered!!!!
It´s just an adventure in it´s own term!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[Keith]

This setup underneath the house is very Australian. When it gets too hot you spend all your time under the house rather than in it ... where it's a couple of degrees cooler!

Sensible really! 😀

 

[t.s.k.]

Thanks for the scans Keith. I seemed to have missed this series.

That flooring was not uncommon throughout the industrialized world. It was cheap to produce, cheap to repair, very durable and forgiving at the same time. I've seen manufactured "brick" flooring in 100 yr old manufacturing plants that used the same technology. Occasionally you'll see this type of flooring in modern homes too, albeit rare.

 

[capitalK]

I have about 6 of rolls from just after WWII that I found at a thrift store about 15 years ago. I bought them for the bright yellow kodak tins and was pleasantly surprised by the negs inside. I have scanned individual frames over the years but now I'm inspired to do a similar presentation as you've been doing here.

 

[Keith]

I have about 6 of rolls from just after WWII that I found at a thrift store about 15 years ago. I bought them for the bright yellow kodak tins and was pleasantly surprised by the negs inside. I have scanned individual frames over the years but now I'm inspired to do a similar presentation as you've been doing here.

Please do capitalK ... I'm going to miss project this when it's all over six rolls from now!

It's been a lot of fun for me and I get the impression others are enjoying it every bit as much. 🙂

 

[charjohncarter]

Thanks for all of these I have really enjoyed them, also thanks for the previous post link. I'm getting lost on which number we are on: big help. When I did my dad's I found grain and scanner problems. I see you have some in these old film cloud/skys too. I guess they didn't think ahead in those days.

 

[ederek]

It's been a lot of fun for me and I get the impression others are enjoying it every bit as much. 🙂

Without a doubt!! 🙂

 

[capitalK]

Please do capitalK ... I'm going to miss project this when it's all over six rolls from now!

It's been a lot of fun for me and I get the impression others are enjoying it every bit as much. 🙂

Started my scans in this thread:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=96202

Thanks for the encouragement.

 

[pagpow]

Please do capitalK ... I'm going to miss project this when it's all over six rolls from now!

It's been a lot of fun for me and I get the impression others are enjoying it every bit as much. 🙂

+1 please do, these are great.

 

[linuxuser]

Dear Sir Keith and CapitalK couldn't You make a site or a large post with all what have You scanned? With the informations all gathered here, of course (names, places, objects etc). It would be very interesting for all.

 

[Keith]

Roll #11 Darwin/Java ... now posted in this thread.