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Description This is the oldest set of my negatives I have found.  I have a few older contact sheets, but no negatives.

From www.arcadeandatticarr.com/our_… In the late 1950's, freight business began to slide and something had to be done in order to save the short line. The decision was made to try steam powered passenger excursions. #18 , a 1920 2-8-0 American locomotive, was purchased in 1962 from the Boyne City Railroad in Michigan along with two Delaware, Lackawanna and Western coaches. The inaugural run was on July 27 1962 for railroad officials and the press. Regular summertime excursions began in August of the same year.

On Labor Day, 1962, Dad took sister Marty and me for an excursion.  She would have been 11 and I, 12, and about to start seventh grade.   Dad's notes say Verichrome Pan; I have no recollection of the camera, a simple medium format box of some sort.  

The negatives are only nominally square.  There is little if any spacing between them so they are slightly higher than wide.
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Comments: 16

tokslinas [2015-02-06 21:30:17 +0000 UTC]

...nice angle.

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pearwood In reply to tokslinas [2015-02-06 21:52:34 +0000 UTC]

The twelve-year-old me did a decent job.  No? 

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tokslinas In reply to pearwood [2015-02-07 10:01:25 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.

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EsraAysu [2014-10-31 01:49:42 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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pearwood In reply to EsraAysu [2014-10-31 02:00:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Esra.  Quite the tone range on that old Verichrome Pan.

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mecengineer [2014-10-29 12:43:34 +0000 UTC]

excellent

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pearwood In reply to mecengineer [2014-10-29 14:38:47 +0000 UTC]

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prestonthecarartist [2014-10-29 02:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Too cool! I'm impressed!

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pearwood In reply to prestonthecarartist [2014-10-29 02:37:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.  I'm having fun working up these old shots.  I just wish I had a clue what the camera was.

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prestonthecarartist In reply to pearwood [2014-10-29 02:45:40 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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meeden [2014-10-29 00:42:55 +0000 UTC]

cool, what a nice way to recall the family times

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pearwood In reply to meeden [2014-10-29 00:51:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, M.

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Phoneix-Faerie [2014-10-28 18:49:31 +0000 UTC]

looking great

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pearwood In reply to Phoneix-Faerie [2014-10-28 20:28:43 +0000 UTC]

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davincipoppalag [2014-10-28 12:31:11 +0000 UTC]

pretty good!

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pearwood In reply to davincipoppalag [2014-10-28 15:14:22 +0000 UTC]

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