8/10/13

EDDIE in Oakland, California in 1955





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To see Eddie in his car in 1955 click here.

7 comments:

  1. These are stunning slides. I can't make up my mind which is more impressive, Eddie dwarfed by his car, or in his entirety out in the open, framed by the rose bush.

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    1. I was very excited when I first saw them. I bought probably around 50 boxes of slides along with a couple albums and a scrap book. The slides are in Bell & Howell trays so there's about 40 in each tray. Each tray cost me 50 cents so Eddie is a priceless joy.

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    2. Yes I agree, very exciting - you are lucky. That way you're only limited by the amount of space you have to store them, and the time to scan and blog them.

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  2. The inventors of Kodachrome advertised, that if stored in a dark, dry place, the colors would not fade. Almost sixty years, and it's so nice to see that the claim was justified. Kodachrome also had amazing color saturation. There's a company in Europe that has brought back Polaroid film. Let's hope that Kodachrome has the same revival.

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    1. Wouldn't that be nice? If Kodachrome could make a comeback the way vinyl is? There are just some things that were better.

      I can say that last night I was looking through the slides and found an entire tray with hideous color that was not Kodachrome. It was something film I'd never heard of. It will take a lot of Photoshopping to make it semi-decent.

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  3. Wow! These are some first class photos! Eddie looks like a "made" man. Or a newspaper reporter on the police beat.

    His car is a 1952-53 Mercury Monterey. He and his buddy Fred are in the same drive across from the same California quasi-ArtDeco house. What do you suppose is in the trunk of the other car?

    The plot thickens.

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    1. They do look like fellas who might have enjoyed a bit of time at the track doing a bit of betting and might have known a few guys with noses that were no longer in the center of their faces.

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