Wet Printing My Grandfathers Negatives

[bribrius]

Good job sparky.

 

[W.Y.Photo]

This is really quite amazing. So much history ready to be printed for the next generations to see.

 

[480sparky]

Found some archival albums today. The will hold 24 8x10s, so there's room to add more.

I just need to make copies of some birth certificates and registration of marriage and out they go.

 

[timor]

Here you go, sparky. magic of darkroom work. Isn't satisfying ? And you did really well. There is high probability this negs were never printed that large, probably intended for contact printing originally.

 

[Authentic Southerner]

Very nice... your kin were much better photographers than mine ! I have tons of old negatives but lots are OOF and poorly framed... congrats on your project !

 

[Coffeebot]

Wow, I really love this project. You did the right thing. I would never have said to myself to just to ten. I might do that with my grandmother-in-laws pics now.

 

[limr]

Fantastic, Sparky!

 

[vintagesnaps]

Sparky, seeing them together, they're really wonderful.

Are you going to frame and hang a set? I wonder how they'd look displayed together.

 

[480sparky]

And away they went.

Two of 'em got delivered in person today, the other 3 are headed to Texas, Idaho and Arizona.

 

[timor]

Hey ! What's the reaction of recipients ? Did they expect this ?

 

[annamaria]

Sparky I love this! It's so exciting! Really enjoyed viewing them. Thank you for sharing these timeless memories. Nice work.

 

[480sparky]

Hey ! What's the reaction of recipients ? Did they expect this ?

They loved 'em, and they didn't know about them ahead of time. I've sworn the two that have their to not tell the other three.

 

[Gary A.]

What everybody else said great, fantastic, et cetera ... but, where did you learn to print?

 

[480sparky]

What everybody else said great, fantastic, et cetera ... but, where did you learn to print?

I had a (color) darkroom back in the '70s and '80s.

 

[terri]

Hey ! What's the reaction of recipients ? Did they expect this ?

They loved 'em, and they didn't know about them ahead of time. I've sworn the two that have their to not tell the other three.

This is just so cool - waiting for the reaction. You did great with this project, including the delivery!