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Oh, Kodak! “What fun we had,” indeed!

Posted by: Scott    Tags:  Charles Brown, Cuba, Kodak    Posted date:  January 4, 2012  |  No comment


With the news today that Kodak is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it seems like the right time to share a Kodak photo wallet you would have received had your film been developed in the UK during the ’30s.

The copy declares—”What fun we had!”

And yes, Kodak, we did. We did.

Why do I believe this promotional item—which I found among my mother-in-law’s possessions—was from the ’30s? Because the Kodascope Library, referenced inside, only operated from 1924 to 1939, and I doubt that Madeline Carroll was a big enough star in the ’20s to have been touted as “famous” that early.

So farewell, Kodak!

But I guess it’s all my fault, as I’ve been all digital for a decade. As I remember telling Charles Brown, who was searching for more film to load in his camera back in 2002 while we were attending a science fiction convention in Cuba, “Film? Who needs film?”

I guess we’re finding that out.





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