John-
Thanks! That is a pretty exhaustive link, i.e. a little exhausting to read!
At least from a 'historically correct' perspective, it seems like D-76 would be a pretty good choice for developer for this project.
It would be nice to know what other developers were in really widespread use at the time; there must be others that would also give appropriate results.
Just for giggles, are there any films left on the market that haven't changed much since that period? It seems like nearly all of what we deal with is one or two generations newer- 'thin emulsion' varieties like Tri-x, FP-4, etc., or the 'T-grain' family.
Adox? Efke? Foma? How about Lucky films?